The Woman I Didn't Know

Elizabeth Paddington Warrington Ware

I met on a path today,

I knew by the wind that was blowing her hair

She’d not have a lot to say.

I said my hello and she turned then to go

And she stuck her nose up in the air,

Like she didn’t know me, or sought then to throw me

Which I didn’t think very fair.

I said, ‘Aren’t you talking?’ but she just kept walking

So I turned around and caught up.

I caught at her sleeve in a moment of peeve

And in doing, spilt tea from my cup,

She snapped ‘Understand me, young man, and unhand me

You’re showing that you have no couth!’

I thought she was blind or was being unkind

I’m a pensioner, far from a youth.

‘Don’t say you don’t know me, you’re trying to snow me,

Remember, we once had a fling,’

I had her engaged, but she flew in a rage

And said, ‘I don’t recall such a thing!

You’re merely a stranger, I feel I’m in danger,

I’m calling for help in a thrice,’

‘How could you forget me, with all that you let me

Back then, don’t you think it was nice?’

‘I’m Ellen Pengellen O’Fogarty Fair,’

She exclaimed, and I said, ‘then you’re not…

Elizabeth Paddington Warrington Ware,

I’m so sorry, I must have forgot.’

I thought, ‘I’m in trouble, she must have a double,’

Then thought of the tat on her bot,

‘Do you have a sailor?’ She blushed, I had nailed her,

For Fair she was certainly not!

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[A Soap Mess Stories]

Great twist. Loved reading this as always.

[Helen Crutchett]

LOL....written with your usual flair. Laughing here.....it was terrific!

[KT-B]

haha brilliant!! what a wonderfully entertaining ode!

[Coyote Poetry]

A very entertaining story. I did like the ending. Some woman are impossible to know or understand. Thank you David for sharing the amazing tale.
Coyote

[Corset]

Not only is this incredibly funny it is also seamless in its rhyme and count, imho amazing and extremely hard to do, brilliant work, I loved it completely.

[danielle.]

I love the humor in this! It lifted my mood immediately & now I am smiling.

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahahaha ...love it ...oh the humanity of men and women eh!? another fine tale with ample ebb and flow, that put me right there, tugging at her sleeve :)

[Valentine]

Read this a couple of times and had to chuckle at your wit. Valentine

[D Connolly]

HAHAHAHA! I love the names and I love that she got busted in the end. "Fair she certainly was NOT" haha! Tony is correct, there is the "tramp stamp" on the lower back, and the newest awful nicknames for the placement of a tattoo on a woman is called "skank flank" along the side of her rib cage.... I think men are just jealous that they can't wear our sexy crop tops, but that's a different poem, isn't it?