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Great Expectations!

 

Gertrude and her boyfriend, Pete,

at last had set a date.

They booked the church and hotel suite 

in which to celebrate. 

The hen night went with such a swing

 (the ‘stripper-man’ was hot!) 

The girls teased ‘Gert’ on everything 

and laughed about ‘What’s what’!

“Just wait until your wedding night!” 

Collectively, they gushed.

“You’ll get ‘what’s what’ from Pete, alright. 

‘What’s what’ will have you flushed!”

 

The ‘stags’ (who also partied, late) 

ribbed Pete with taunts, so lewd.

“We’re sure you will appreciate 

‘what’s what’ from Gerty-rude!” 

 

And so, next day the couple wed. 

Then, later in their room 

they stood, pyjama’d, by the bed 

– ‘expectant bride and groom’.

 

“Let’s have it, then.” cooed Gert (all ‘twee’). 

“Have what?” quizzed Pete, polite.

“What’s what!” she smiled, “The girls told me,

I’d get ‘what’s what’, tonight.”

 

“No, you’ve ‘what’s what’ for me!” Pete laughed. 

“The lads were very clear.

So, come on, Gertie.  Don’t be daft! 

Pass ‘what’s what’ over here!” 

Finally, acceptance came 

which forced them to agree,

“As ‘newbies’ at this marriage game, 

‘what’s what’s’ a mystery!”

 

“I’ll bet” said Peter (with a grin), 

“we’ll find it here, somewhere.

Perhaps, they hid ‘what’s what‘, within

this bedroom - for a ‘dare’!” 

 

And, so they searched around the place. 

Both starting from the floor.  

‘What’s what’ proving hard to trace. 

 (Not knowing what to look for!)

As Peter stretched to wardrobe top 

(whilst balanced on a ledge),

a ‘cord-malfunctioned trouser-drop’ 

exposed his ‘meat and veg’!

“What’s that?” Gert pointed (quite perplexed). 

“What’s what?” asked Pete, ‘mid-climb’. 

“Oh Peter!” ‘Gertrude snapped, so vexed. 

“You had it all the time!”  

 

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 12th Jun 2017 14:41

Bawdy fun well executed. It reminds me of something
heard years ago.
Ist guy (admiring a passing girl): She got what it takes!
2nd guy: No - she's got it. You've got what it takes!
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Louise Hogg

Sun 11th Jun 2017 19:50

Brilliant!!
A superb piece I loved it. I would love to see this performed. The poem, not the act ?.Well done John.

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