Games with Names - Carolyn
comic poem by Angela Lansbury
You'd like a poem on Carolyn
She's my good friend, where shall I begin?
She believes in original sin
Done by writers, and one's kith and kin
But, frankly, what you all want to know
Is: where this poem's going to go?
What will my friend do which strikes as new?
More important - what's in it for you?
She edits, with helpers, self-help books
She's already finished two or three
All include her, and two include me!
She'll add you in an anthology
Say you're an expert on everything
Write personal, researched, dark or light
Promise you'll stay up beyond midnight
What you write wrongly - you'll put it right!
Yes, write to her now, it's a win-win
With sharing, caring, dear Carolyn
To end, I'll echoing where I begin
She swears, she's my good friend, Carolyn.
-ends-
copyright Angela Lansbury 23 July 2022.
I began line four as 'once done by one's kith and kin', considered changing line four to 'gladly done by one's kith and kin'
The last line is ambiguous. 'She swears', meaning affirms, 'that she's a good friend', my meaning theirs, or mine, being me, Angela. I originally had, 'others swear' (profanities), but she never swears. However, the count of 9 syllables per line meant I had to change the meaning to fit the syllable count.
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