She says talk like a woman,make love just like a man, crylike a little girl. Float likea butterfly, sting like a bee,you’re the only one for me.Beauty is as beauty does,sure as hell crazy like a fox.
43 words for Mama Zen, in the voice of the fox.
#20 of 30 Poems In November to benefit Center for New Americans.
What else is there to say? Love it, Marian!
ReplyDeletefirst two lines got a Lou Reed thing going, or maybe the Kinks. showing my age, I think. :) ~
ReplyDeleteBob Dylan!
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DeleteWhat a clever array of popular idiom, which you have turned into an original.
ReplyDeleteAWESOMELY perfect!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm with Kerry on this! Unique turn of words, Marian!
ReplyDeleteWhat Fun..so many idioms for cunning...lol
ReplyDeleteLove fables and your use of idioms.
ReplyDeletewow......i want to sing this fable...great.......
ReplyDeleteI believe I'll go see her again ....(even though she's like all the rest, she's my friend)
ReplyDeleteYou have me humming along.
Ah, wonderful, Marian. I don't know about Lou Reed or The Kinks, but you quoted one of my all-time favorite men...float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Gotta love it.
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Bob Dylan! no Lou Reed, no Kinks here. and yes, Muhammad Ali! :)
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ReplyDeleteFun - this foxy poem :)
ReplyDeletehaha you guys are way too easy to please. pleasing like a fox!
ReplyDeleteVery foxy! :)
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