Blind Date
With an air of abandon, she threw off her clothes,
rolled up her hair and night creamed her nose.
She was sure she’d see no one ’til morning at work,
so she removed her bridge with a tug and a jerk.
She peeled off her eyelashes, creamed off her blush.
Did all this slowly with no need to rush.
A natural girl now, her face put away
for her to reclaim the very next day.
She’s snugged up in flannel, propped up in her bed.
By the end of this evening, her book will be read.
The large bowl of chili that rests on the table
right by the bed, she’ll devour when she’s able.
In between page turns, she’ll take a big bite.
She’ll feast and she’ll read ’til she puts out the light.
Until the night’s silence is shattered by ringing.
The strum of guitars and some romantic singing
completes all the ruckus occurring outside
as she pulls up the covers to cower and hide.
For she has remembered, alas and too late
that this was the night that she had a blind date.
She springs to the bathroom to try to redo
all that she’s lately hastened to undo.
“Just a minute!” she calls, and she hears his reply.
Her beauty procedures are done on the fly.
She rips out her curlers, unwinding, unfurling
the locks she’d just put there for overnight curling.
The mascara wand flies. Rouge is rapidly swiped
across the same cheeks she has recently wiped.
She throws on her clothes, grabs her phone and her purse.
No more time to prepare, and no time to rehearse.
She opens the door to survey her date.
He has a nice face and a shiny bald pate.
She consults her watch and she scolds, “You are late!”
Her side of the tale, she’ll neglect to relate.
They’ll have a fine evening and he will take care
not to mention the curler in back of her hair.
Some things best unspoken are things her date knows—
like her one missing eyebrow and cream on her nose.
These slight imperfections he took in his stride
Which is why one year later she wound up his bride.
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The Daily Addictions prompt is abandon.
Another of your wonderful twisting endings!
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;o) See my reply to Derrick..The absolute truth.
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That makes it even funnier!
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Now that is quite a tale of romance!
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Brilliant and funny
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I was so sleepy when I wrote this that I kept falling asleep between verses, but was determined to finish what I’d started. I finally came to bed to finish it where my head wouldn’t hit the desk top when I nodded off. Ha. Did it, though. Looking at it this morning, it is like someone else wrote it.
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That is how to write, then 🙂
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Perhaps so.. just let that unconscious dream brain go on the problem.
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Ah ha ha!
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Good … it’s not what a person looks like but their personality, which is the important deal …. Cheers Jamie
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(insert rapidly clapping hands) oh that was WONDERFUL! 😀 😀
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Thanks, Wide Eye, for your wide-eyed response!
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Laughing over here – tale told with perfection.
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Haha, Judy, this is a great poem.
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Thanks, Robbie.
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I love your sense of humor. ☺💛
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Thanks, Walt. It is fun seeing where the mind goes when you let it loose and I love it when folks enjoy coming along with me.
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I enjoyed it ☺
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I really enjoyed reading your poem.
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Delightful! ❤ And isn't that your friend from the Oddball Photo Challenge a while back with the wonky lipstick?
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Yes. I cannot figure out how she gets her lipstick into the shape every time. Good memory!!!
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Delightful!
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Loved this, one of my favorites of yours. 💙
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Thanks, Rugby. Have to value the unepected in life, right?
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