Once upon a time…<\/p>\n
Here we go again with that trite line<\/p>\n
Once upon a time in a land far…<\/p>\n
Oh, please… seriously? For God’s sake, make it real.<\/p>\n
Ok, fine… this chick in the good ol’ US of A…<\/p>\n
I like “Princess” better… this priceless princess… that works.<\/p>\n
May I get to the point please?<\/p>\n
Yes. Go ahead.<\/p>\n
Ok. This somewhat snobby princess with a laundry list of…<\/p>\n
Now you have your audience thinking in terms of
\ndirty clothes and dirty laundry,
\nlike you’re washing off the mud.<\/p>\n
Well, maybe I am… may I please just be creative here?<\/p>\n
Yes, of course. Go ahead.<\/p>\n
Ok. A grown woman in Oregon who left Texas, New York, Florida, and California for many reasons, one of which was the flagging culture in all of them, decided to write a poem about all the reasons she has ended, or not even begun relationships with men…<\/p>\n
Sounds interesting. Useful to the broken hearted.<\/p>\n
Yes. Thank you. Anyway, she wrote down this list she’d planned to use to develop a script, and realized what a good poem it would make, but her busybody muse that day kept interrupting and she lost her train of thought.<\/p>\n
Uh… sorry. Keep going. I’ll shut up.<\/p>\n
Fine. Thank you.<\/p>\n
I don’t think I want to hear this.<\/p>\n
Then, don’t read it…<\/p>\n
La la la la la… not listening.<\/p>\n
Well, when you’re in a better mood, here’s the list. YOU write the damned poem!<\/p>\n
Smoking anything!<\/strong> Wandering eyes<\/strong> An erection in public<\/strong> Wedding ring<\/strong> Wedding ring tan line<\/strong> Too much tanning<\/strong> Drunkenness<\/strong> Loud voice<\/strong> Too many \u201cbuddies\u201d around<\/strong> Absurd pickup lines<\/strong> Too much cologne<\/strong> Bad teeth<\/strong> Dirty fingernails<\/strong> Foul language<\/strong> Poor taste in clothing<\/strong> Dirty shoes<\/strong> Lipstick on the collar<\/strong> A \u201ctoo familiar\u201d woman<\/strong> Pre-occupation with his phone<\/strong> Glancing in the mirror<\/strong> Slamming a shot glass down onto the bar<\/strong> Bathroom behavior in public<\/strong> Dirty bathroom<\/strong> Dirty kitchen<\/strong> Unmatched dishes<\/strong> Inability to cook<\/strong> Flashing expensive car keys<\/strong> Mentioning his expensive car \/ house \/ stock portfolio<\/strong> Mentioning his girlfriend<\/strong> Mentioning his wife<\/strong> Married, married, married<\/strong> Mentioning his cohabitating girlfriend<\/strong> Lack of interest in the arts<\/strong> Excessive interest in sports<\/strong> Lack of education<\/strong> Disdain for educated people<\/strong> Pre-occupation with net worth<\/strong> Messy house \/ car<\/strong> Personal hygiene issues<\/strong> Underwear showing<\/strong> Acting too familiar too soon<\/strong> Not calling enough<\/strong> Calling too much<\/strong> Waiting too long to call<\/strong> Annoying voice<\/strong> Self-absorption<\/strong> No creative outlet<\/strong> Couch potato<\/strong> Lack of ambition<\/strong> Discouraging commentary<\/strong> Armchair psychiatry<\/strong> Fear of dirt and natural living things (spiders, etc.)<\/strong> Doesn\u2019t like music \/ movies \/ theater<\/strong> Too many prescriptions<\/strong> Poor dietary habits<\/strong> Manipulative behaviors<\/strong> Unkind behavior toward anyone Dang Woman! Demanding much?<\/p>\n Once upon a time… Here we go again with that trite line Once upon a time in a land far… Oh, please… seriously? For God’s sake, make it real. Ok, fine… this chick in the good ol’ US of A… I like “Princess” better… this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125242"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125247,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125242\/revisions\/125247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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