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[Original version]

 

Monday, I played with her clitoris

Thumbed the little bump of her bliss

Asked politely for a certain type of kiss


Tuesday, told her everything was fine

Watched her dance through the fug of red wine

Hung clothes up outside on the line


Wednesday, cut her hair with a knife

Said I would make her my wife

Not thinking it would be for life


Thursday, she wrote me a song

and sang it for a little too long

Something about love being strong


Friday, we dined at the Ritz

The swordfish gave me the shits

Now our love is in bits


Saturday, was full of remorse

On paper I wrote down divorce

Doodled a large curly-haired horse


Sunday, I met someone new

She said is that really you?

I said hello to wife number two


 

 

What started out as a daft throwaway thing is slowly changing through rewrites:

[updated version]

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I play with her clitoris;

everything is fine

 

I cut her hair with a knife,

watch her dance through a fug of red wine.

 

I make her my wife;

she writes me a song.

 

We dine at the Ritz,

I mention divorce.

 

Decide it's been too long

since that certain type of kiss.

 

I meet someone new; 

I doodle a horse.

 

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Isobel

Sun 28th Mar 2010 10:46

Shock me - what happens when you get to 0 - Apocalypse Now?

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winston plowes

Sun 28th Mar 2010 09:34

Hi John, good to see this developing on the page. It has the trademark Togher clinical medical/sexual procedure written all over it. lol Win

darren thomas

Sun 28th Mar 2010 08:44

11 hours.

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Isobel

Sat 27th Mar 2010 15:43

Oh I've got the wrong end of the stick then. I thought the first poem was the latest. I guess the second poem is more your phlegmatic kind of style. Sometimes it is hard to let go of a poem - the tone can be altered so drastically by just a few words.
The original poem makes the decline in the relationship a bit more defined - is less vague.

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John Togher

Sat 27th Mar 2010 15:22

That's more or less what I was going for Isobel, in that first version; carrying on from writing influenced by childhood stories, songs and memories.

I reckon I'll have a finished version of this one in six months. So easy to pick at and rewrite for months.

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Isobel

Sat 27th Mar 2010 15:19

Interesting to see the development of the poem. I think the newer version is stronger (I have been accused of making them worse). I like the introduction of the days of the week - it reminds me of that poem Mondays's child is fair of face, Tuesdays's child is full of grace....

I can imagine you performing this well.

Isobel x

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Francine

Sat 27th Mar 2010 15:19

Ooh John...
I like the transformation of this...
It shows more the subtle and sensitive changes in a relationship over time.

<Deleted User> (7841)

Sat 27th Mar 2010 14:18

i thought this was hilarious; opening line is perfect. Too many guys rush into things and then it dries up.
Nice one.

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Francine

Sat 27th Mar 2010 13:31

Well this about sums it up John for some men who have problems staying connected mentally and emotionally...

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Sat 27th Mar 2010 13:11

Hi John,

this reads like you been cracking too many fortune cookies. :-)
or could it be your modern take on Solomon Grundy?
An easy read and very enjoyable pace.

Janet.x

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