WHAT LILY LIKES.

A GIRL LIKES TO WEAR HER MOTHER'S CLOTHES AND HATS.

Lilly likes to wear
Her mother’s clothes
Especially her hats, and

The flowered one with
The large brim is her
Favourite and she lies

On her mother’s bed
And looks at herself in
The mirror, staring back

With her left cheek resting
On her hand, wishing it
Was hers, wanting to be

Wearing it when meeting
Friends or Frank with his
Beady eyes and large black

Moustache and she wonders
What he would say about the hat
And clothes and what he’d

Do if he could see her now
On Mother’s bed lying there
Semi clad with just the hat

And little else, and what would
Mother say if she found her
Lying there on her bed wearing

The hat and the thin slip and
Looking so seductive at her
Image in the mirror, but Frank’s

Away, and there goes the front
Door and Mother on the stairs
In a kind of rush, her voice

Calling and Lilly falling from
The bed and banging her head
On the floor, and gazing up

Semi clad and the hat on her
Head, and her mother by the
Door, her eyes with angry tigers

And her voice rising, not in
Conversation or idle chat, but
Ranting and hitting out at Lily,

For wearing her see through slip
And large brimmed flowered hat.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Photo made your words come alive. The poem is outstanding. You create a vision of beauty and innocence with your words. I like the story. I see my daughter when young walking in her mother's shoes. Poem is a amazing. Thank you.
Coyote