THE MAN-GIRLS FROM BEIJING
Bulging mannish thighs
And arms as thick as tree trunks:
Beijing’s mannish girls;
These steroid queens are soiling
The once pure sport of swimming.
Beijing’s mannish girls
With shoulders broad as mountains,
Voices deep as a man’s;
They claim they are not cheating
These mannish girls from Beijing.
Four-foot high at most
Shoulders five or six-foot wide,
We’re told they are not cheats
But how can we believe it?
When our eyes say otherwise!
Man-girls are cheating
No matter what Beijing says,
How can they be fair
When each is built like an ox
In just the upper torso?
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About this poem
About the steroid abuse of young Chinese girl swimmers.
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Written on February 08, 2009
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 07, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 627 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 3 |
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