THE MAN-GIRLS FROM BEIJING

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



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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Scheme axBcc Bxxcc xxxxa cxxxx xxx
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Characters 627
Words 109
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 3

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