Even Babe Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Even Babe



As John Thomas, Willy,
Percy, Roger, Peter and Dick
are its names,
any man's name could be its:

Vic, Siegfried, Billy;
Sebastian, James;
Tom, Lon, Len;

Smith;
N-g-u-y-e-n;
Shakespeare;
Lear;

Shorty;
Zac; Ham; Mac;

Lordly;
Earl;

Girlie's;

even after a girl:
Pearl;
Miranda
(which means
to be admired
or wondered at):
Kat,
and euphemisms for that:
Insinuator;
Slinky;

German Fritz;
Schlitz.

So many names for its.

Monday, January 22, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: language,metaphor
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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