Valentino

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ABC WEDNESDAY

VALENTINO

I don't know much about fashion, that has to be admitted;

I've often bought a dress to wear merely because it fitted!

But I do know class when I see it and these were from Valentino,

On display in Brisbane, (very different from Portofino!)

I love their flowing lines, I love that bright red shade,

I like the fact that they're very 'posh' and not a all home-made!

Elegance! Yes, that's just the word that I've been looking for!

See the lovely, graceful trains that are sweeping on the floor!

Too many fashions nowadays are scrappy and look a mess,

Not so much High Fashion as thrown-together Fancy Dress!

These gowns are made for real women, with curves where curves should be,

Made for women who smile a lot, not scowl in misery!

Those expressions that we see now! I suppose they try to smoulder,

But they'll find 'that look' is a habit that will be their's when they're older!

With legs like sticks and the oddest gait, they totter on their way

I don't think Valentino would give them the time of day!

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GOODNESS! A GARGOYLE!

How good to be a gargoyle!

Oh what gigantic fun

To grace a giant edifice

And glower in the sun!

I'd rather be a gargoyle

Than a goblin or a ghost.

Yes, a gorgeous grinning gargoyle!

That would please me most!

I'd stick my ghastly tongue out

And gargle through my teeth

Spitting at gazing gentry

Gambolling underneath.

I'd guzzle drips from rain-drops

And gulp the gnats ands flies

I'd never suffer giddiness

In my great gargoylish guise.

My giant ears would stick-out

Quite gross and like a geckos

And I'd greet each day with guffaws

That would glance off all the echoes.

I'd look quite geriatric

In a way that gargoyles do.

Not glittering or glamorous,

But I'd be looking down on you!

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PS

In spite of horrible winter weather.......squally rain and umbrella-wrecking winds...... we had a pleasant evening yesterday. Our local TAFE ( Tech College in some places) tests its hospitality students by having them prepare meals for the paying public, and my Probus Club took-over the dining-room. I'm not very adventurous when it comes to haut cuisine, but I liked most of the food and the students were pleasant, so it was an enjoyable evening.