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VAS
Member Rara Avis
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0 posted 2001-06-23 01:21 AM


Vanity’s Play
Virginia Salter

thin
be thin
if you look anorexic
but aren’t
Wow! You’ve got it made.

oh,
wear antiperspirant
not deodorant
‘cuz ladies never sweat
and ambush him with a scent that’s not your own
perhaps musk to show him your season
or Ambiance to give him a reason
to bring flowers to your door
lift you off the floor
whisk you to the shore
for a lovely interlude

cover gray
don’t let him say
your years of devotion
are showing

pucker your lips
lift your ...
swear off all chocolate
so you don’t get zits

shave your pits
your legs, too,
don’t let him find animal in you
except for those moments
on Saturday’s rumble
when frolic you do
in cotton sheets tumble

paint those
artificial nails fine
so elegance fingers its way up his spine

slinky dresses
shorter than shorts
jewelry donning
your dancing cavorts

whatever you do
whatever you say
don’t let him know
it’s vanity’s play

© June 29,  2000

© Copyright 2001 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
Logan
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since 2001-05-28
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1 posted 2001-06-23 01:39 AM


Ahhh, we would never suspect, VAS..gentle smile, enjoyed with a good laugh, thank you
VAS
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2 posted 2001-06-23 01:41 AM


If ye had a good laugh Logan, than this was a success!
JLR
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3 posted 2001-06-23 01:43 AM


Almost shocked me, VAS...almost!
VAS
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Oregon
4 posted 2001-06-23 01:45 AM


Pray tell, JLR, how?
SmittenKitten
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where the sky and horizon meet
5 posted 2001-06-23 11:15 AM


hehe, fabulous!    

You really tell it like it is!  

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6 posted 2001-06-23 11:45 AM


So that's how you of the "weaker sex" do it
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