Charlie Chaplin Feet

By Sooz006

Mon, 23 May 2016
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Charlie Chaplin Feet

I’ve got sticking out ears,

And a wobbly nose.

My eyes are squinty

And my teeth are loose.

I’ve got a bladder that leaks

And a bum that squeaks

My knees are bent.

My back is spent.

My joints are tired.

And my body is old.

And when I look down

Passed the sags and the folds

All I can see,

At angles so strange

Are my silly, stupid, falling down,

Tripping up, banging into things…

Charlie Chaplin feet.

But you know what I have,

that isn’t falling apart?

I have a big, warm, palpitating,

Loving heart.

That… and my Charlie Chaplin Feet.

Certificate 12
Poem
Writing 2020

Comments

Submitted by VeraClark on

I think of my ears in the same way. This is full of character and so was he.

 

Submitted by Sooz006 on

Thanks Vera, it was a cop-out of the Title Game. I was supposed to submit by the Wednesday and wrote it in three minutes, chucking the first words that came to me down. I did apologise to my writing buddy for the cop out. 

 

Submitted by loquaciousicity on

Well, I think you're doing prett good...
I like your poem!

Submitted by Sooz006 on

Thank you Terry, just a bit of nonesense to keep my hand in. 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

warm heart more important than aging body. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Sooz006 on

Very true my friend, x

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

I didn't know you wrote poetry Sooz,

this is really good. Oh! How I loved Charlie Chaplin, big feet and all.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Sooz006 on

I don't Jenny, and this is a prime example of why... I am prose to the soul, but every now and then I dabble in the dark side. Thank you love xsx