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PUBERTY by rhymeguy

It wiggles,
It wobbles,
It stands upright.
I’m really impressed.
It’s quite a sight

I’ve used it before,
But never like this.
Who knew it was useful
For more than a piss?

I can’t control it.
I have no choice.
It never speaks
But it sure has a voice.

Demanding attention
At untimely occasions,
Growing and showing
Without provocation.

It works when it wants to
And wants always to work.
Gee, is this normal
Or some freakish quirk?

If it makes me a freak
I don’t really care.
I kinda enjoy
havin’ it there.

Mama declares:
“Boy, you’ll go blind”
Papa says:
“I see just fine”

Ohhh, what am I to make of this?
This brand new toy,
This shameful bliss?


Added: on Saturday, May 12th, 2007 at 9:40 pm | Viewed: 6737 times, 1 so far today | Comments (14)

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14 Responses to “PUBERTY”

  1. seagull Says:

    sounds like an old guy at an elderly home who just discovered Viagra……and thoughts of his youth make him smile.

  2. rhymeguy Says:

    close. no elderly home, no viagra, just an old guy with a good memory of very, very long ago.

  3. camicaptain culumer Says:

    No comment

  4. oxygon Says:

    This could have been a fine riddle, but you gave it away! Anyway, truth is always in season. Well done!

  5. Ida Werrett Says:

    Hi Rhymeguy,
    I also remember puberty (I have a very long memory) but I remember it from a female perspective. While you were discovering your delightful new toy, as I remember, I had cramps and was totally miserable. Doesn’t seem quite fair, somehow.

  6. satchfan Says:

    God bless you IDA!! As delightful as it seems that thing has been known to get us in plenty of trouble. While you were suffering, you had the advantage. Because there is nothing dumber or easier to control than a man that thinks with it. Due to this fact of nature many have suffered as you have. More often with a broken heart.

  7. Phillip.C.M Says:

    Ok to be honest i thought that this was just a poem on growing up not….THAT…..

  8. oxygon Says:

    There are a number of poets I liked who aren’t around here anymore. I miss them . . .

    Art

  9. oxygon Says:

    Well, Phillip, your weren’t entirely incorrect, there’s just that extra dimension of childhood and growing up you might have inadvertently overlooked when you read the poem! :)

    Art

  10. Phillip.C.M Says:

    Hmm…so i guess your saying that this poem isn’t just something to be perverted, it’s saying something more? or something like that?

  11. Phillip.C.M Says:

    I’m sure any male teenager, such as myself, can relate very literaly to this poem

  12. Bizarre Says:

    I thoroughly enjoyed this poem. Well written. Playful. Brings out memories.

  13. Dhruva Thapa Says:

    well, love to read more..

  14. roland3306 Says:

    It is about discovery! Every moment of experience is discovery. Every moment of discovery is alive to that moment. Once defined and codified, it is no longer the experience and some of the joy has been filtered out through the explaining of it. Just as I have done in this explaining of the experience of discovery in reading ‘Puberty’, which was a delight!!!

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