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A Smile Would Do
by Lacy D PhillipsToday I used skills I learned from Austen novels,
a thing I can only describe as simpering,
a subtle, silent thing requiring stores of restraint
unknown and unneeded by a modern miss.
Yesterday I spoke up in the checkout line
for the child being handled roughly,
flipped the bird to an idiot driver,
bitched to the boss about my workload.
I should take up poetry,
but I suppose a smile will do. 07/07/2010 Posted on 07/08/2010
Copyright © 2025 Lacy D Phillips
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Stephan Anstey on 07/08/10 at 03:06 AM Smiles and poetry are nearly equal in value ;) |
| Posted by Morgan D Hafele on 07/08/10 at 05:57 PM what stephan said times 2 |
| Posted by Julie Adams on 05/10/11 at 03:42 AM how ur words draw a smile from each of us, this piece embodies the corners of a smile, polar in nature, and it inspires juxtapositions in me :) thanks, pleasure as always, peace, jewels |
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