Little Blue Peep

That blue dress...

I just love the way you use
that pert, pretty dress as a bait
that little blue number you
sometimes wear for our dates
Pulled from an old closet for me
its seems so new and blemish-free
Tailored to fit and snugly trace
the sensuous ins and outs of you
Each perky underwired inch
my contrite ground of waterloo
A decoleté plunging so steeply
helps me often pry so deeply
into your heart where you conceal
as much as you tend to reveal
yet something softly draws my eye
leaving me cynical and wry
faint as the pearly moon above
dried mildew of another’s love
those telltale spots of bygone lust
that reason why i just wont trust
for on this table meant for two
sup many ghosts, not just a few

Author's Note

Inspired by an infamous stain of the nineties 😉

Reviews

[JMichael]

Wow, man. Such an intriguing write. I bet that dress fits so fine! Yet somehow, when you manage to draw your eyes away from those curves, all is not as it seems. Some skeletons in that closet where the dress came from, by the sound of it. Tread with caution. Great flow and rhyme, and it's so very original. Pretty awesome.

[AJNJ]

It was like a cat and mouse game or a Sherlock Holmes tale 🤣 On a serious note, it’s just a poem inspired by the scandalous ninetees stained blue dress. Thanks a ton for reviewing me sir.

[Coyote Poetry]

This is poetry my friend. The description made the reader believe and see every word. When a woman wants your attention. You have no chance. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[AJNJ]

Thank you very much dear sir. Your words delight me here. My effort was worth it. Thanks!

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome my friend.

[Unspoken poet]

I just love your ending, This is so very well written and quite intriguing. Love this

[AJNJ]

Thank you so much for the great review. Appreciated!

[Jimmy Yetts]

Stained blue dresses can be heartbreaking and unsettling.
It helps, I suppose, if you have, at least, contributed to those tell-tale stains.
Obviously, however, this is not a woman with whom you can build a stable life.
More, one who might appreciate a well-placed cigar.
Intriguing poem!

[AJNJ]

Loved the cigar reference!
Indeed, she can never stabilse...The boat would always be shaky.
Thanks a ton for appreciating this poem sir.

[John the Baptist]

The first part of the poem sounds like the typical lover's infatuation. All is perfect about the beloved. In the last several lines, however, we see that all is not well. The last two lines tell the tale. Loved the imagery.

[AJNJ]

Thanks a lot for appreciating the little twist at the end sir. Thinking up the imagery was fun. I'm trhilled you loved it!

[¿]

Pardon me Sir, I am too unknown of the affairs of the world especially when tis 'bout 90s or before. But this eloquent piece reminded me of my first-read novel. This is the second time am stunned by the elaboration of a blue dress. Well I understand that ensembles don't carry the reasons of sins, since! the minds are all that play and get allured.
Yes P that's a good line, hooked but not booked! Says that if I love I don't have to be shackled. Coffee man you are to cheap wine addicts😅

[AJNJ]

Hahahaha! I was a toddler when the scandal struck! But its a legend and one gets to read about it so much still :)
I agree that its not the dress but the mind that's coloured by sin.
As for me taking more cofee than wine hahaha I need more poems from you my friend and I promise to take more coffee :))
Thanks dear Tahsin. You always make me so happy! :)

[sonnie ibadah]

i love the flow. Beautifully written!

[AJNJ]

Thanks you for the great review Ms. Sonnie! Appreciated much!

[Lydia Shutter]

Delightful...the flow of this one was superb! Well, if she wears the dress for you, those ghosts are no more and can be swept away by the new passion. Just read your note though.....ah, that blue dress of the 90's....Monica kept it for a reason, didn't she? Absolutely great, Peston. Lydi**

[AJNJ]

A very intriguing story that we still read about. And I agree with you. She wears it for me all anew. Thank you very much for the great review, Ms.Lydi!

[Neville]

An excellent poem sir, thoroughly enjoyed .. dunno whether you know it but monica is cockney rhyming slang for write ya name or sign your signature … not only is it a small world but it seems great minds think alike.... this is not the first time we have written along similar lines.... N :)

[AJNJ]

Thank you kind sir, to write like a great mind is humbling :) I hope I can continue doing justice to that! Cheers!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

the dress reveals as much as she wants to of skin...
but the dress her heart wears reveals not a thing.
And the speaker wants to much to know what's inside...his trust has been broken so many
times, provocative dress just doesn't fool him anymore.
j.

[AJNJ]

Sometimes, the way people dress reveals more than they’d care to reveal. A man with a keen eye and a sensitive heart is bound to feel disillusioned. Thank you very much sir. Your words mean a lot to me.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Pestonjee... "for on this table meant for two
sup many ghosts, not just a few"... a most romantic write,
and not at all 'trite'... I am mesmerized by your eyes. gently, Pat

[AJNJ]

Thank you very much Ms. Pat. In her mesmerising eyes does beauty lie! Appreciated.