Sleeping beauty

Met gala 2024

Theme?

Sleeping beauty

The exhibit had exquisite

Designs of what is thought

To be sleepwear

From ornate gowns

To a beautiful

Silk robe

Unfornately

Most of the guest

Missed the mark

From showing up

In just a bath towel

To see through 

Things my program

Will not allow me 

To upload

For their 

Pornographic 

Nature

There were also

Those who dressed

As if nature 

Had attacked them

And then had not

Released them

Too bad

Another year

Maybe one of them

Will get it right

Expensive

Nonsense

Just to be seen

And not to see

What the curator

Has dreamed up

For this years 

Entertainment

Maybe we should

Send Queen Candance

Next year to represent

The Christian Congregation

There are photos

Of yester year

And she is not known

For being modest

She would enjoy

The Hollywood spa

One gets a list of items

To be performed

And a coffee!

While one waits

I noticed that many

Of the items

Involve removal

Of areas I would 

Prefer to be left alone

But Candy has not issues

Just a pedicure please!

Let someone else go

Into the curtained booth

Where half a dozen people

Work out how to make

One smoother 

Down there than

The day one was born

Not for me!

Please, another expresso?

And perhaps 

A facial

As long as it does not

Involve me removing

Any of my clothes.

Mother!

Where did she go?

Oh she has decided...

Oh that is too bad.

My little exhibitionist

Mother 

Who never got to that point

Of understanding

That clothes are meant

Not to be removed

Especially....

Did you hear the story

Boys about her reaching

That mark of maturity

The one where she hid

All summer 

Only to have an aunt

Explain to her it was normal

Too be proud of it

So on the party day

When everyone else 

Showed up wearing 

Beach attire

She chose to go 

For a walk along the beach

Without a stitch of clothing

Just to show off...

Was confined to a wheelchair

The rest of the time

Until the bruises healed

Grandma did have her limits

Aunt made it clear

She had not understood

That there would be a scene!

She never had children

Did not know what

My mother would do

And anyways

It was too late

To prevent her from

Destroying the family

Honor and name

Please boys

Keep your underwear on

At least!

And if you should see me

About to be attacked

With a needle

Just to be taught

A lesson....

Don't let it happen!

There is no stopping

A good Christian 

Woman in a christian

Congregation

From taking action

And providing fun

For the others

Which is why 

I forbade you guys

From associating with them.

What is the world 

Coming too

If one cant trust

Ones own mother

Or her religions

Associates from taking

Advantage of her 

Dementia

Well,  dont worry

There is still time

To get even with them

After all their path

Is not clear

Nor do they have

The keys to the gates

Of heavan

Or hell

Although I do believe

Betty A

Has accomplished 

Her resolve

Of switching places

With my mother

And has in her mind

Made it to heaven

When she awakes 

She will find it was 

The other direction

Because my mother

Always made deals 

With the devil!

Perhaps Satan's assistant

Can trip going up the stairs....

Lets not think

Of the wars 

Overseas

None of them

Are pretty

Not the religious one

In the Holy land

Nor the land dispute

In the old Scythian 

Neighborhood

Or any of the others

Did I mention 

How many times 
I got sent to Saigon

During that experience?

Enough for a lifetime

But then I was always

The go to girl

Before these others 

Can buy themselves 

Front rows to anything....

I still have nightmares

War is necessary at times

But not at other times

I grew up in a Naval

Family of boat nuts

Who were determined

Not to get caught

In a sinking ship

While the other side

Were airmen

Who made sure 

They came home 

At the end of the day.

I do wish I could 

Remember a phone number

Or two

But no one is listed

Anymore 

Perhaps 

Next time it will 

Not be Jimmy

Who comes by 

To steal everything he can

When is he going to stop

Using my last name!

It is mine, really...

I almost stepped

On someone this morning

It was early as I wanted

To get on the ferry

To go to a town

I once called home

But now the townees

Have no idea who is who

Anyways the body

Was covered with a jacket

Her small feet stuck out

And a whisp of hair

I know her!

She did not move

And I was too busy to stop

Did she wake up at all?

Shiver 

What modern humans

Do to others not at war....