Love - Jess' bag, morning after

Cherry

By Ray Schaufeld

Mon, 26 May 2014
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8 comments
 
Half litre vodka, half drunk
Clear plastic wallet, hefty shuffle of college notes
Provisional license, untested
Big pink purse, small change
Bronze spraytan afterglow
Jumble of cosmetics, eyes, lips skin
Remedies for tired dry eyes
Form to replace passport lost by social services fostersystem
Train ticket, savings card.
 
This little chick is a partygirl
This little chick is going to uni
She's my little chick
Jess rocks!    *
 
 
 
*Name adjusted because I want a long life

 

 
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Comments

Submitted by Bee on

Hey Elsie! 

Lovely poem - with pride.

Bee

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Cheers Bee and cheers to the greengrocer.     Elsie

Submitted by a102866 on

You make the cerebral afterglow of a hangover seem so appealing. I wish that I could feel that way! Enjoyed your poem.

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Glad you enjoyed this,Stephen, it's a real slice of my 18 year old's Sunday.                Elsie

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Elsie

Fun to read, and probably fun to write. Maybe not all that much fun to live through.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Yes Jean you are right, I enoyed writing this, it was fun. Being in 6th form isn't easy. Jess is at her grandparents for a week, 200 miles away from all her partygirl pals as she has chosen to do some serious exam revision.            Elsie

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Thanks for your positive comment, Otto. There is a French saying; 'Si jeunesse savait, si viellesse pouvait,' 'if only the young knew and the old were still able'. Us 50 plusses have to do what we can!      Elsie

Submitted by Denzella on

Great poem Elsie.  I well remember when one of my girls went off to Uni.  I felt I was losing a daughter and gaining a haversack of grey better known as student white washing. 

MOya