Bony Beauty



THREE WORD WEDNESDAY
http://www.threewordwednesday.com/2011/05/3ww-ccxxxix.html
chose 'thin, jitter, grace.'


BONY BEAUTY

You're very graceful, I admit,

As you glide across the floor,

Walking along the cat-walk,

Deserving an encore.

And, yes, you're very beautiful,

With the requisite pointy chin,

But, oh, my little lovely,

You're really much too thin!

What does your boyfriend say at night,

When he hugs you on the couch?

When one of your bones digs into him

I bet he cries out 'Ouch!'

It quite gives me the jitters

To see your ribs protrude

As I am sitting picturing you

Parading in the nude.

Those hips must jut like blades of steel,

Your stomach must cave-in!

Oh, my little lovely,

You're really much too thin!

I wonder, do you realise,

That you are just a fad.

You are a fashion, sweetie pie,

Akin to the shoulder-pad.

When Reubens painted women

They were always full of flesh,

Not like some starving lady

From Bengal or Bangladesh.

And, yes, you may laugh at them,

As they stand there, unattired,

But these were the shapes, in Reuben's day,

That enamoured and inspired.

They've been consigned to history,

And you will find, my sweetie,

That you'll go out of fashion

When mens' tastes turn to the meatie.

A nice neat average figure

Is always sure to win,

And, oh, my little lovely,

You're really much too thin!

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LITTLE LADY

The very nicest thing of all

Is a nice big bouncy bright red ball,

And when you're two and rather sweet

It makes a very good garden seat!

I've caught you resting from your play.

Any moment now you'll run away.

You'll find a sandpit or a bike.

It's tiring being lady-like!

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