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Men Can't Dance


Men can't dance
But can tread on toes,
Wander pub to pub, whisper wise owl tones
About the latest football signing
And how the kids and a woman's whining
Brought them here to drink.

Men love their kids
But tend to boast
Name their first born son by the same first name
And urge the lad to lay the ghost
of their own poor luck when they came this close

to some meaningful achievement.

Men go to war
Because they do
Men choose to fight
Because they do
Men drink too much
Because they do.

When I can't come home to someone like you,
I think that's what I have to do.

Except the war and fighting.

◄ The Pessimist's Song

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<Deleted User> (9821)

Wed 19th Jun 2013 15:54

i still believe men cant dance but i stand corrected on that. loved the poem

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 6th Sep 2012 13:38

The age-old conundrum that troubles mankind (rather than womankind)....can't see an end either. But...
"Men are in this world, I'm thinking,
To set it right: with words...and drinking!
Best, of course, to stick with writing -
When drinking often ends in fighting!"

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Cathy

Wed 5th Sep 2012 12:21

Great John. Enjoyed that.

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Laura Taylor

Wed 5th Sep 2012 10:21

Bob can dance! And talk about all kinds of interesting things! He probably swims like a fish too but we've never been swimming so that'll have to wait.

I like 'whisper wise owl tones'

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Greg Freeman

Wed 5th Sep 2012 08:03

Men do talk about football instead of really talking, don't they? As the new season starts I'm trying hard to cut down. I wondered about losing the words "to some meaningful achievement", then read it again, and realised you do need it, for the rhythm as well as the meaning. The first two stanzas work particularly well, I think.

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