Barbara Daniels
For Better Or For Worse
He looks at her and sees two different girls:
one's out of focus but the other's clear,
sharp-edged and in his sights, as last night's curls,
soft victims to the straighteners, disappear.
Designer jeans, tight thighs and boyzone hips,
a metalled belt - and don't mess with those lips.
But does he want to keep her with a kiss?
He should: she's groomed for lust but he stays still,
His camera eyes won't snap her up; they miss
the moment and a life-time's overkill.
Breakfast could take for ever but she leaves
for her high-octane work. He sits and grieves.
He's silent for the other girl he saw,
asleep, unposed, no make-up, shiny nose.
He plumps her slightly, blurs her bony jaw,
pulls up her baggy T-shirt to expose
a body he could hold. Now both are gone:
his lovely duckling and his perfect swan.
one's out of focus but the other's clear,
sharp-edged and in his sights, as last night's curls,
soft victims to the straighteners, disappear.
Designer jeans, tight thighs and boyzone hips,
a metalled belt - and don't mess with those lips.
But does he want to keep her with a kiss?
He should: she's groomed for lust but he stays still,
His camera eyes won't snap her up; they miss
the moment and a life-time's overkill.
Breakfast could take for ever but she leaves
for her high-octane work. He sits and grieves.
He's silent for the other girl he saw,
asleep, unposed, no make-up, shiny nose.
He plumps her slightly, blurs her bony jaw,
pulls up her baggy T-shirt to expose
a body he could hold. Now both are gone:
his lovely duckling and his perfect swan.
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