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SHE LOOKS LIKE THE GIRL NEXT DOOR
by Paul Curtis She looks like the girl next door, Well my interpretation anyway, And for me she literally is The girl next door The studious Rebecca Full of cleverness The only child of the Coopers Now the studious orphan Rebecca The bookish girl next door A homely girl though In the unpretentious sense Certainly not plain, But rather understated She is unworldly In as much as the temporal world Holds no sway for her Rebecca is an attractive girl Though not in any obvious way Dressed casually, always Mousy hair worn indistinctly She has never been flash, quirky Or groundbreaking No its homespun sweaters And supermarket jeans Not exactly the height of fashion But not dowdy nor frumpy Unlike most of the world I look beneath the homespun As I have all my life But no one else sees Rebecca Alas she does not see me The bookish girl next door She has her heroes of fiction How could I compete? With Ahab or Hornblower Copperfield or Darcy I am a fifty something family man with a passion for writing and I draw inspiration from those around me. paul.curtis1956 @ btinternet.com http://www.dreamagic.com/poetry/poetry.html http://www.peculiar-poetry.com/ Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |