Be Afraid of the Dark…
Posted on April 18, 2016 by afstewart
Another poem on this Day 18 of National Poetry Month.
Respectable Behavior
Perfect manners and a starched top hat,
around the park in a promenade show;
a charming smile and an exquisite cravat
Appearances are all, mustn’t be a prat
Hold the pose with a gentleman’s hello
Perfect manners and a starched top hat
Oh no, there’s Lord so-and-so, such a rat
Give your hand in greeting, then bestow
a charming smile and an exquisite cravat
Secretly wishing for that coup d’état
of pointless days, caught in the flow
Perfect manners and a starched top hat
You stand within society, and it all falls flat
when you dance the room, pretend to owe
a charming smile and an exquisite cravat
Isn’t there more to life than fashion and chat
and to drown your sorrows with French Bordeaux?
Perfect manners and a starched top hat
a charming smile and an exquisite cravat
Category: Author, National Poetry Month, Poems, PoetryTags: Author, National Poetry Month, poem, Poetry, Villanelle, writing
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Love this Anita
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