girl power

In a Peanuts World

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In Lucy’s words:
Snoopy’s on a stamp?
What is wrong with philatelists?
Are they all dog lovers?
Do they all have beagles?
I’ll bet they all have
at least one girl in their family!
A mother, a sister, an aunt.
When you look at it that way,
they probably have more!
I’m smart.
I give sound advice for five cents a pop.
I’m confident and strong.
You’ll be calling me
Madame President some day!
So WAKE UP!
It’s Lucy for the WIN!!!

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Written for day 15 at NaPoWriMo where we’re directed to a site that includes postage stamps from many countries and asked to pick one and write about it. Not one of my better poems…..but for day 15, it’ll have to suffice.

Predilection

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First grader. Never mulled
no twists, just straight up.

Shaken on the playground,
meets bully spirits with bravado.

Some day, she’ll pass the bar.
And she’ll be the one.

We’ll toast her as she takes the oath.
Hail to the Chief.

Posted for dVerse Tuesday Poetics where De asks us to “mix it up a bit” by using terms having to do with the bar / pub scene, drinking terms. IE in Predilection’s case: mulled, twist, straight up, shaken (not stirred), spirits, bar, and toast. The trick is, the poem cannot be about the drinking scene! A fun prompt. Hail to the Chief is the music played at the inauguration after the presidential oath is taken, and thereafter when the President of the United States is introduced. Bar opens at 3 PM Boston time. Stop on over and imbibe some words!