Thursday, January 22, 2009

XCII - Ties

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Ties

Be gone, ye sordid rag!
Foul tormenter of my neck.
Get thee to the rubbish bag,
You leave me sorely vexed!

What’s your purpose, O wretched cloth?
None! I’ll answer firmly for you.
A best, you are but food for moths
At worst, an ugly, garish noose.

Listen to me when I say
I think you are an odd piece
And should go the self same way
As the pantaloon, ruff and cod-piece.

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© J Cosmo Newbery
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12 comments:

  1. Ha! I'm first. Mum liked that poem.Uncle Hugh will be wearing ties again soon. Unfortunately. C'est la vie!

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  2. An ode to Hermes? You're right, a tie is a useless piece of clothing, a formality... so why do men continue to wear them ? ...or women, too, for that matter. Loved the picture. It's so perfect for the poem.

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  3. yeah, i agree ..
    and i don't even have to wear them.

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  4. Gosh j cosmo, I don't visit for a couple of days and you have almost written a book of poems.
    Some great poems here.
    Yes the tie is an outdated torturous noose, is was a compulsory part of my high school uniform which I had to endure summer and winter for years. ♥

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  5. Ditto to the demise of the Tie

    Dan

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  6. Let me guess... you're a polo-neck sort of guy? ;)

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  7. No, not polo-neck.

    Normal shirts, with collars, open-necked, long sleeves, partly rolled up. Usually.

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  8. You are always making me laugh! Truly, I appreciate your wit and your poetry's (my word...I think)

    Smiles to you, J Cosmo Newbery!

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  9. You are always making me laugh! Truly, I appreciate your wit and your poetry's (my word...I think)

    Smiles to you, J Cosmo Newbery!

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  10. Truly, an accursed piece of cloth...We had to wear one all through secondary school. A noose is a good description. Having once knotted,[or had it knotted for us]the darn thing, we never once un-knotted it until term was over. Merely loosened the noose to put it on and tightened it into place......but even from this you can make music. Sigh.

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  11. I'm so glad I'm not a guy. I don't think I could handle a tie.

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  12. HA! That rhymed. I'm on my way to being a poet after all.

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