Go in there fully dressed
with all your the’s and a’s
buttoned tight in your verses.
Layer on thesaurus chosen words
to make readers wonder what
hides within your vocabulary
until they beg you to drop
that high collar phraseology
to expose your literary assets.
Shake your rhyming until
they pant with expectation
then give them an ending
that leaves your soul as bare
as the day you first thought
you could write.
Oh, Ok, I think I have it,
less words and more meaning.
©Susie Clevenger 2013
Comments
Excellent metaphor Susie, and so cleverly wrought.
K
that high collar phraseology
to expose your literary assets.
That made me both laugh and grind my teeth reminiscently--I love the twist you gave to the title words, Susie--we are indeed strippers all in the word craft, and I think that's better than just going for the euphemism 'exotic dancer.'