Sometimes it’s hard

Not to listen to voices

‘Tart’ whispers one

‘Mutton dressed as lamb’

Another

Ruffled feathers

Freeze for a moment

Clipped, one too many times

But the shoes have bonded

And they are dancing

To a different beat

She smiles serenely

With 2 finely varnished nails

Salutes the world

And ‘totters’ precariously

Onto a bright new stage…

 

 

Version 3 (Edited by Anthony Emmerson)

 

Sometimes it’s hard

not to listen to voices,

‘Tart’ whispers one,

‘Mutton dressed as lamb’

another.

Ruffled feathers

freeze for a moment

- clipped one too many times.

 

But the shoes have bonded,

and they are dancing

to a different beat.

 

She smiles serenely

with two finely varnished nails

salutes the world,

And totters precariously

onto a bright new stage…

 

 

Version 2 (Edited by Winston)

 

Sometimes it’s hard

not to listen to voices.

“Tart” whispers one.

 

“Mutton dressed as lamb”’

another. Ruffled feathers

freeze for a moment.

 

Clipped one too many times.

But the shoes have bonded

And they are dancing…

 

She smiles serenely

to a different beat and

with two finely varnished nails

 

Salutes the world!

Then totters precariously

Onto a bright new stage…

 

 

© Isobel 2009