Pansies (Lawrence)/Energetic Women
ENERGETIC WOMEN
Why are women so energetic?
prancing their knees under their tiny skirts
like war-horses; or war-ponies at least!
prancing their knees under their tiny skirts
like war-horses; or war-ponies at least!
Why are they so centrifugal?
Why are they so bursting, flinging themselves about?
Why, as they grow older, do they suffer from blood-pressure?
Why are they so bursting, flinging themselves about?
Why, as they grow older, do they suffer from blood-pressure?
Why are they never happy to be still?
Why did they cut off their long hair
which they could comb by the hour in luxurious quiet?
I suppose when the men all started being Willy wet-legs
women felt it was no longer any use being a linger-longer-Lucy.
Why did they cut off their long hair
which they could comb by the hour in luxurious quiet?
I suppose when the men all started being Willy wet-legs
women felt it was no longer any use being a linger-longer-Lucy.