At seventeen








I learned the truth at seventeen 


That love was meant for beauty queens 


And high school girls with clear skinned smiles 


Who married young and then retired 





The Valentines I never knew 


The Friday night charades of youth 


Were spent on one more beautiful 


At seventeen I learned the truth 





And those of us with ravaged faces 


Lacking in the social graces 


Desperately remained at home. 


Inventing lovers on the phone 


Who called to say "Come dance with me". 


And murmured vague obscenities 


It isn't all it seems at seventeen 





A brown-eyed girl in hand me downs. 


Whose name I never coukd pronounce 


Said "Pity please the ones who serve, They only get what they deserve" 


And the rich relationed home town queen 


Marries into what she needs 


With a guarantee of company and haven for the ekderly 





Remember those who win the game 


Lose the love they sought to gain 


In debentures of quality and dubious integrity 


The small town eyes would gape at you in dull surprise 


When payment due exceeds accounts received at seventeen 





To those of us who knew the pain 


Of Vakentines that never came 


And those whose names were never called 


When choosing sides for basketball 


It was ling ago and far away 


The workd was younger than today 


And dreams were all they gave for free 


To ugly duckling girls like me 





We all played the game and when we dared 


To cheat ourselves at solitaire 


Inventing lovers on the phone 


Repenting other lives unknown 


Thwy call and say "Come dance with me" 


And murmur vague obscenities 


At ugly girls like me ______ 


at seventeen





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