the receptionist's mumbles
inaudible
addressing me
whilst looking elsewhere
"I can't tell what you are saying
when you are facing elsewhere"
attracted a stone cold stare
that's when first i saw them
enormous
never seen a bigger pair in my life
couldn't be natural could they
wondering if she'd made them herself
sat there in front of her mirror
how long would each one take
self conscious i began to
st-st-stutter
and stumbled my way to a chair
wondering why on earth
did the sweet lady want
such an enormous pair
of eyebrows
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dusk arising (
Offline) - Published: February 18th, 2020 03:52
- Comment from author about the poem: I was inspired to write this after attending my dentist for a check up.
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Yes of course, eyebrows! heehee.
What else? Surely you've seen some huge ones lately?
Still blushing at my naughty mind and when I read the last line had to burst out laughing........ my dentist never does this for me !!
They were frightening things Fay. There seems to be a current fad for these really dark large eyebrows but this gal was way over the top. I wonder if anyone has remarked upon them to her face. If she is still there when i next visit it will be amusing to see a smaller more conservative pair. Or maybe she will have enlarged them. A frightening thought.
Oh wow - I didnt know they were a trend for those wanting attention - - thought eyebrows were either bushy or thin - but here in the south of south west we are always a decade behind the times - - fads seem not to be needed so near a big ocean - - will look out though when I next go to town. - my apologies D.A. and thanks for the enlightening comment.
Lips that look like inflated sausages I do know but i've yet to see eyebrows fashioned in the Epping Forest cut. Great finish to this - gave me an inflated grin..
Ah yes, you mean those botox lip 'enhancements'. I have only seen them on TV but they do look sasagey. The eyebrows are just pencilled on. Well 'pencil' is a euphamism for some gruesome implement they use. I think the brows must be drawn/painted on as one continuous brow (maybe they use a stencil?) and the middle is then chiselled out. Overall quite frightening.
Oxymoronic ending - something that sounds so bad can be written in a way that forces a wide smile and a guilty laughter.
Thanks for sharing
Clever write, thank you for my first laugh of the day.
Andy
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