Such a Doll

Ziegfeld Girls ~ Alfred Cheney Johnston 


You’re such a doll,
stuffed with sass
and bad habits.

I want to steal
your impudence,
lace up in naughty.

You snub your nose
at the corset of compliance
laced into Adam’s rib.

I need a touch of rebellion,
a little hell on my tongue,
and a match that knows who to burn.

©Susie Clevenger 2017

Real Toads ~ Tuesday Platform

Comments

Anonymous said…
So good! Especially liked "You snub your nose
at the corset of compliance
laced into Adam’s rib."
January 31, 2017 at 1:14 AM
Anonymous said…
This is nicely, tightly sung, Susie. Elegant sass. No wonder we need familiars, if just for invocations like these. I think you poured two neat fingers of that hootch.
January 31, 2017 at 4:07 AM
kaykuala said…
I need a touch of rebellion,
a little hell on my tongue,

It is good to be having a mind of one's own and to be reveling in some adventures in life!

Hank
January 31, 2017 at 6:54 AM
Gillena Cox said…
"You snub your nose
at the corset of compliance
laced into Adam’s rib."

Wow!!! I like this verse a lot

much love...
January 31, 2017 at 8:32 AM
Kerry O'Connor said…
The 'corset of compliance'.. what an excellent phrase.
January 31, 2017 at 9:58 AM
Maude Lynn said…
Yes! That third stanza is just brilliant.
January 31, 2017 at 2:09 PM
brudberg said…
I hope that corset can be burned... :-)
January 31, 2017 at 2:09 PM
Sanaa Rizvi said…
I need a touch of rebellion,
a little hell on my tongue,
and a match that knows who to burn.

My goodness, this is such an incredibly ferocious write!!❤️ Inspired!❤️
January 31, 2017 at 3:15 PM
Buddah Moskowitz said…
Sly and conspiratorial - loved this.
January 31, 2017 at 4:42 PM
Anonymous said…
Nicely knit ditty to set a mind free
January 31, 2017 at 5:39 PM
Fireblossom said…
wild women don't worry, wild women don't sing the blues!
February 1, 2017 at 10:03 AM
grapeling said…
wow! this is so good, Susie ~
February 1, 2017 at 4:20 PM
rallentanda said…
A nicely clipped flow.Each stanza a fine sharp heel stilletoe thrust. Excellent poem.
February 2, 2017 at 9:08 AM
kaykuala said…
a little hell on my tongue,
and a match that knows who to burn

This is bringing it to a head. Not advisable to mess around when such a reaction may prove disastrous!

Hank
February 5, 2017 at 7:37 AM
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