a fossil so docile

sometimes you just gotta tell 'em!

“woman in front of window” by botero

in the hem of my haw

you will find 

my tongue in a cheek

the facial kind

hear the caffeine percolate

i’m a fossil - so docile

you mistakenly assume

but I digress

please let me resume

searching for one to desecrate 

never doubt my temerity

my boldness - so daring

or my harsher words

you’ll soon be wearing

no new verbs to conjugate

i’m fluent in audacious

it’s my first language you see

afraid i threw political correctness out

with pseudo timidity

your opinions with me hold no weight

watch my strobe light now

till your irises stagger

i’m not impressed 

with your arrogant swagger

not a slippery mamby pamby

neither far right or near left

i’ll dance around your insults

movements dexterous and deft

your ignorance - no way i’ll tolerate

read this you might

or might not i realize

in articulate rhetoric

i now say my goodbyes

Author's Note

Never mess with a Joisey girl! :)

Reviews

[AprilRN1210]

oooooh you go girl!! I love the sassy in this one.. Just the right amount of feisty and fierceness done in a classy, intellectual way that bites... RAWR... felt this slap and it stings alright... well done ma'am... and let me just say, I am glad that I am on the right side of those claws... :)

[Lydia Shutter]

You need not worry, April! :) Thank you so much for the review. Lydi**

[B.J]

Brilliant, I love it added to my library. A reminder that I am not getting older just more out there.

[Lydia Shutter]

:) thanks again Barb.

[B.J]

you're welcome

[Trace]

This is so freaking awesome.
so far from your norm, but I just love it.

Your rhyming and flow are impeccable
and your stand up and kiss my &$$ swagger is to die for sexy.

So glad to have backed up and caught this gem.

HUGGS Trace

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you so much, Trace.....so you like my feisty poem? Love your review. Lydi**

[Sanober]

LOOL... you could win a war using your vocabulary alone! It's always a delight to find you at your cheeky best. This is a total strip-their-arrogance-to-shame, punch-in the-egoistic-gut write. This outta show them! ;) Awesome, my friend.

[Lydia Shutter]

Thanks again, Sanober! Lydi**

[Baby Ricochet]

"Fossil so docile" Great line. I have a few fossils and yeah, they're pretty docile, unless I throw them at someone. It's a great metaphor to describe an old person who may be slow but still sharp as a tack. Great work Lydia

[Lydia Shutter]

Smiling here...yea, they are fine till you throw em at someone! :) Thank you so much, Baby. I appreciate your review. Lydi**

[Pryde Foltz]

i’m fluent in audacious
it’s my first language you see
afraid i threw political correctness out
with pseudo timidity

Girl's got game. This was brilliant, Lydi*.

[Lydia Shutter]

Fluffing my hair here....yup, I got game! :) Thanks, Pryde. Lydi**

[Rita L. Sev]

i’m fluent in audacious... Love it! You are indeed, Lydi - great wit and boldness in this!

[Lydia Shutter]

I'm just a feisty Joisey goil....even though I left there over 40 years ago! LOL Thanks, Rita. Lydi**

[Sami Khalil]

Witty but with powerful solidarity with a dear friend. A nicely veiled warning to never mess with a Joisy lady or a Floridian for that matter. A different side from you but one that is powerful and direct...Excellent...:).............

[Lydia Shutter]

Thanks so much, Sami! Lydi**

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome muchly...:).....

[MOON]

Way to go , kill them with wit. Affirmative write , lovely don't mess with Lydia.

[Lydia Shutter]

Smiling here. Thanks, Moon. lydi**

[TL Boehm]

i’m fluent in audacious
it’s my first language you see
afraid i threw political correctness out
with pseudo timidity

your opinions with me hold no weight

watch my strobe light now
till your irises stagger
i’m not impressed
with your arrogant swagger
stellar humor and wordsmithing in this - bravo!

[Lydia Shutter]

Thanks very much, Tammy. Lydi**