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Mary Ellen MacMillan Pemberton Mimms
Knew plenty of hers and a helping of hims,
While her friend SueEllen MacFarquhar-Jones
Burgled her breakfast from well-to-do homes.
"We are really such fine girls," the two agreed,
"Splendid girls,
Fine girls indeed!"
Mary Ellen MacMillan Pemberton Mimms
Was extremely skilled in the kicking of shins,
While SueEllen MacFarquhar-Jones was known
For her cunning in running away from home.
"We are really such fine girls," quoth they, as one,
"Splendid girls!
Second to none!"
Mary Ellen MacMillan Pemberton Mimms
Said, "Is it wrong, behaving like this?"
While her friend SueEllen MacFarquhar-Jones
Said, "It can't be wrong, if nobody knows."
"We really are such fine girls," said she, to her,
"Such splendid girls!"
And it's true, they were.
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art by Renoir
Operative word: splendid.
ReplyDeleteA modern nursery rhyme.
ReplyDeleteThey sound like my kinda chicas, Chica! A splendid poem!
ReplyDeleteI tried reading it aloud, quickly, then at a measured cadence. I keep getting hung up on Sue Ellen MacFarquhar-Jones' name ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh, it rolls of my tounge quite nicely....
Crap! I'm doing it again. Damn you double entendres !
WE ARE
ReplyDeleteAloha, Splendid Friend!
Comfort Spiral
Oh! How I missed your terse verses for a while now!
ReplyDeleteThis one is superb!
I love it!
ReplyDelete'it can't be wrong, if nobody knows' i LOVE that!!!!
ReplyDeleteFinally, a rule I can live by.
ReplyDeleteAs Cloudia said, "We are!"
ReplyDeleteI was married to a girl who--every time she was arrested--kicked the cops' shins. So she kept waking up in jail. BUT NOBODY KNEW --grin!
ReplyDeletedid my mom put you up to that? :) haha very cute
ReplyDeleteExcellent! I love its lively rhythm... and there is something else in there too... a hint of unforgiving fate, maybe...
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