Don'r Call Again!!!

narrative verse

 

 

Don’t call again.!!!

 

Though she was old she was not frail.

She came from sturdy peasant stock

 and she rose early without fail.

Awoken by the barnyard c**k.

 

His morning greeting to the sun

Was her signal to start the day.

The household chores had to be done

 and she would do them in HER way.

 

Although she’s slow she’s competent

to do her work at her own speed

 in her own time. She is content

refusing help she does not need.

 

She’s stubbornly independent.

As she has every right to be,

 completely self sufficient.

She runs her home efficiently.

 

At ninety two she’s fitter than.

Most women only half as old.

 She manages because she can

and she refuses to be told.

 

She is too old to live alone.

Advice she will not listen to.

She’s used to being on her own.

Nobody tells her what to do

 

 Though some do try they don’t try twice.

She tells them very forcibly

 what to do with their advice.

Some times rather colourfully..

 

Though she is old she is not frail

she is as tough as seasoned oak.

The busybodies always fail

Because she treats them as a joke.

 

They cannot tell her what to do,

 nor have they any right to try.

She lives her life as she wants to

but when she can’t then she will die.

 

She tolerates no argument

from paid officials who may call.

She states that she is quite content

and has no time for them at all.

 

What do they know, what do they care

To them she’s just another case

another cross they have to bear.

She firmly puts then their place

 

 and tells them not to call again.

but woe betide them if they do

And if they’re wise they will listen

She has her rights and knows them too.

 

20-Nov-08

 

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Reviews

[Ed Hart]

there's a touch of Frost in this aire

[Syke]

The 3rd line in the 4th stanza, the 3rd line of the 7th stanza the 2nd line of the 8th stanza (perhaps move as to before tough and a after?), the last line of the second to last stanza (I think it was supposed to read "them in" instead of "then"). It's a very great poem, with a..... belligerent attitude and no care for other people's opinion of said attitude.