Girls.
Who are supposedly the sweetest most loveable angels
in all the whole wide world ?
But who are sometimes the toughest for parents to tame
than cutely precocious girls ?
Better examples noone could find of forgetting clothes
or losing notices of classes and terms
or leaving behind school homework
or getting away with going to bed lots later than told
or hiding a half-eaten breadcrust
or hardly seen using a toothbrush
or adopting brassiness when not doing as asked
or staying in bathrooms for far too long
or laying the blame on innocent brothers
or taking by guile Mum's lipstick for fun-masks
or jumping in mud then wanting rescue
or refusing to answer " a silly question".
Well top marks for guessing who fits best description
and points lost if stating a name.
Parents tear hair out when newly born females insist
from the start on score-making
for there is no offspring knows better about curling
fathers round little fingers than girls.
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Author:
Fay Slimm. (
Offline) - Published: September 1st, 2022 05:42
- Comment from author about the poem: A fun-poem written to a long-suffering brother many summers ago. Do hope you enjoy.
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Good write Fay.
Aww, why little boys made of slugs and snails and puppy-dog tails, and girls all sweetness and light?! lol.
Ah thanks Orchi for the reminder of that little rhyme - we girls used to sing that to the boys and run away laughing.
This is like the story of my life. Needless to say, we raised a few girls. Three, in fact. The one line that hit me the most, "or laying the blame on innocent brothers." He was the only boy and got blamed for everything. They blamed him sometimes when he wasn't present.
A very thorough depiction of life trying to raise 'Girls." BUT- You've got to love them though. Yeah, they do wrap Daddy round their little fingers. Enjoyed it immensely. - Phil A.
Ah - I see how you would be drawn to the message. in this little fun poem Phil after raising three girls and a boy - - -so glad you enjoyed the read.
that's girls well n truly nailed for ya ..
I wonder who did the spoiling in your household while growing up .. 🙂 x
Ah - I thought you might ask something like that -- well that would be telling - - - but I had great Dad.......... x
Wonderful fun words Fay and many of them are so true.
Andy
I do enjoy it. Nicely penned
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