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Pretty girls get listened to
Fat old ladies are ignored

A lovely face will unlock doors
A homely face will find them closed

A shapely figure’s always noticed
A shapeless one’s invisible.

This is the way society works
Not even pretending to be fair

How do I know about these rules
I have lived by them - Three out of six.
ljm
A revision from an old piece
silent echo Nov 28
"Hello babe, it's Bertha. What you up to?"

"I'm doing the Times crossword."

"Ooh, aren't you the intelligent one."

"I'm stuck on seven down. The clue is 'What's big and fat and gagging for a bunk up?' "

"Oh, that's a tough one babe. Is it a walrus? "

"You know what? I think you may be right."
  Nov 28 silent echo
Jimmy silker
How was your thanksgiving?
Was it the same as it was?
Did the people round you
Seem the same as your default?
Was it somewhat different?
Did you repell Or were repelled?
Is there an opening leading down to worse than hell?
Can youse hug it out?
Can youse talk ?
And ring the bell
Of the bell that can still
Can ring
Or will youse slowly go to Hell?
  Nov 28 silent echo
Jimmy silker
If Silent Echo ***** in the woods
And there's no one there to hear it
Does it make a sound?
And where does the bear fit in?
  Nov 28 silent echo
egg hot pot
I look at the blade
with my arms ready
red lines everywhere
blood dripping down like little lakes
flowing through the crevices
until they meet
if I cut the wrong vein someday
all the rivers will amalgamate into a matrix of red ocean
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