Contemplation

THREE WORD WEDNESDAY

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We are asked to use the words

"crinkle demand navigate"

CONTEMPLATION

You sit across the way from me

As we travel in the train.

We have never met before;

We will never meet again.

I don't find you attractive;

You merely just exist.

If you and I had never met

You wouldn't have been missed.

And yet your close proximity

Demands I navigate

The contours of your sleeping face;

There's much to contemplate.

How old are you? And of what race?

And what is that little scar?

That crinkle by your bottom lip

Is a little bit bizarre.

Your nostrils are a bit too wide;

You can't be blamed for that.

You're going a bit thin on the top;

You should have worn a hat!

You look a trifle boring;

But your face is in repose.

Maybe you're vivacious

When you don't decide to doze.

I look out at the scenery

And then back at your face;

The endless fascination.......

The study of the human race.

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BEGUILED

Was it her way of smiling

That made her so beguiling?

Was it those almond eyes,

Filled with such bright surprise?

Was it the shape of face?

Was it the charm and grace?

Half-woman and half-child?

Was that how she beguiled?

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Beguiling? A compliment;

At least that is my intent.

That adjective means charming,

Attractive and disarming.

But take the root word 'guile'

And study that awhile!

It means 'crafty', 'artful', 'sly',

And 'Deceiving with a lie''!

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So...... it follows, of course,

That a beautiful woman is false!

Surely a male invention,

That I feel bound to mention.

Sex-appeal is a form of guile;

A man is tricked by a tender smile!

Isn't that just like a man!

Never ready to carry the can.

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Audrey Hepburn, Rest in Peace.

My joy in your 'guile' will never cease.

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