Heehee - I love this verse which Aa posted on Abuzz - I fear 'tis true of me, though sometimes I am very silent:
REFLECTIONS at DAWN
I wish I owned a Dior dress
Made to my order out of satin.
I wish I weighed a little less
And could read Latin.
Had perfect pitch or matching pearls,
A better head for street directions,
And seven daughters, all with curls
And fair complexions.
I wish I'd tan instead of burn.
But most, on all the stars that glisten,
I wish at parties I could learn
to sit and listen.
I wish I didn't talk so much at parties.
It isn't that I want to hear
My voice assaulting every ear,
Uprising loud and firm and clear
Above the cocktail clatter.
It's simply, once a doorbells' rung,
(I've been like this since I was young)
Some madness overtake my tongue
And I begin to chatter.
Buffet, ball, banquet, quilting bee,
Wherever conversation's flowing,
Why must I feel it falls on me
To keep things going?
Though ladies cleverer than I
Can loll in silence, soft and idle,
Whatever topic gallops by,
I seize its bridle,
Hold forth on art, dissect the stage,
Or babble like a kindergart'ner
Of politics till I enrage
My dinner partner.
I wish I did'nt talk so much at parties.
When hotly boil the arguments,
Ah? would I had the common sense
To sit demurely on a fence
And let who will be vocal,
Instead of plunging in the fray
With my opinions on display
Till all the gentlemen edge away
To catch an early local
Oh! there is many a likely boon
That fate might flip me from her griddle.
I wish that I could sleep till noon
And play the fiddle,
Or dance a tour jete' so light
It would not shake a single straw down.
But when I ponder how last night
I laid the law down.
More than to have the Midas touch
Or critics' praise, however hearty,
I wish I didn't talk so much,
I wish I didn't talk so much,
I wish I didn't talk so much,
When I am at a party.
Phyllis McGinley
Uh, Deb, is Phyllis McGinley your favorite aunt who knows you better than anyone in the world?????
Hmmm - I DID have an Auntie Phyllis once...
Perfect, deb. Just perfect. Describes me, too. I love it.
so, Deb, what is the dating protocol for Aussie men? I mean, it must sort of flow differently than it does for American men, no?
Yeah, Deb, how do you go with the flow?
<bad nosey wondering about whether littlek is getting involved with another Aussie...>
{grin}
Just had coffee with an online guy, when I turned up, he had an Aussie accent. Go figure.
Ooh!
So is he from Australia? How recently, if so? (You can tell me to shut up. I'm not saying I WILL, but you can tell me.
)
Yeah! C'mon, we're waiting!!!!!!!!
And wotz he doin' there?
He's from, Melbourne, but his parents are from Lismore. I'm thinking maybe he was an adult in Melb. but grew up in NSW? I dunno. His parents now live in the Lismore area and he owns a pub in Brisbane. He's been here for a few years, in the tech biz, but I didn't ask him any details about it.
For pity's sake, will someone, preferable littlek, start a thread so we can keep up with her love life??
Um...would that be a thread, a string, or a rope?
Oh, that was nosey, wasn't it?
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