Balls and Belles

Freeverse

These rugby-playing girls - 

or women, should I say? -

are so rough and ready,

dashing down that field,

conveying that oval ball

from this end to that,

gritting their teeth.

Oh, what might! Such a sight!

Or do I not prefer

to behold delicate white frocks

on ladies whose fairylike fingertips

hold their tiny needles,

sewing and crocheting,

or simply sitting in silence and smiling

as we fawn on and fancy their fine, fine faces?

Yet would I not receive a slap around my head

for even daring to dawdle on such thoughts?

It is so easy to spend so much time pondering

before I wake in fright:

which sight might I hold tight in my sleeping eyes

moments before I rise - and rise some more?

(19 May 2023)

Reviews

[Dave Brown]

LOL
Canada finally has a 'women's soccer team that is quite competitive
A change from the past, so for now at least, I'll favour the Belles chasing balls