Woe to the Pretty Girls

Smokey eyes

Mystery disguise

Fooling all the guys

Send them a smile

Stay for a while

Lily of the Nile

They grip your hips

Kiss your lips

Leave you tips

Woe to the pretty girls

Long hair, pretty curls

Personal pearls

Entertain the fools

Society's rules

Cater to tools

They're only caring

About what you were wearing

Not what you're bearing

Woe to you Helen of Troy

For trusting that boy

You shouldn't have been coy

This world of no take backs

It's you who gets the axe

Who slips through the cracks

The bars a hunting ground

And you were found

Flash forward, you're getting round

You were a quick screw

But you didn't want to

And no one believes what's true

You were only a pretty face

Goal for third base

Woe to that bit of lace

Skin fair

That hair

Clothes tear

Woe to you, pretty thing

Above queen is King

On a crappy box spring

Sometimes you still feel his teeth

Flashbacks of you underneath

It only hurts when you breathe

He's a football star

And all you were, all you are

A girl, alone at the bar

Reviews

[Celeste Lucy Zaveri]

Some women are strong and independent, and wish to remain single. Some looking good on the outside are intelligent and strong too. Let's not be making stereotypes!
Intriguing plot, well done fictional poem. I enjoyed it.
Blessed be!

[Gee]

One of the bed 'em and bin 'em girls.Loved this

[Mister_Ryan]

So you've made me a full on fan. There's a darkness in your coloring that makes the whole piece approachable from all angles (not a sinister pun).

That said. You should think about extending this. Maybe a second part that works on the transformation of realization. Victory from defeat. The girls, they have power, and by the ability of turning respectable men into savages with the bat of an eye, well that's scary in itself. Your Helen of Troy "the face that launched a thousand ships" shows the power one woman has. You can start wars. And then Cleopatra came to mind, earning the hand/hearts of the toughest rulers (supposed smartest generals), Caesar and Marc Antony for her own personal gain. It's a weird circle of using each other but women participate too. So, Woe to the pretty girls, but what about, Hail the [beautiful] women...? (or maybe change beautiful to something else, depends on what your text ends up like. Anyway, just ideas. Good luck.)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

wow, this is my favorite from you, Julia.

you paint that perfect picture of the so-called perfect woman...the one everyone envies...that women wish to be, and men wish to claim...but there is so little under the surface....and men usually know this...and want only the conquest, and then to move on.

[Julia Ledo]

Thank you for your words