Goodbye Sheryl



Goodbye Sheryl

 Tailor made in fine apparel
 Square of chin and muscle bound
 He took my girl, his name was Darryl
 Material fellow, a common ground

 He was the toy she thought she needed
 I knew it would not pass the test
 He loved her mirror more than she did
 She rubbed some sun oil on his chest

 They were the prettiest pair at the bar
 The waiters flocked with charm
 He wore a codpiece and a bra
 She fled with great alarm

 A few days into the great escape
 She knocked at my front door
 I was polite and smiled at her
 Said, she shouldn't return anymore

 Time passed by and I met Beryl
 A well read, home spun girl so plain
 I remember the days with shallow Sheryl
 And thank god she went back to Spain

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Submitted on February 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB XCXC XDXD XEXE AFAF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 690
Words 138
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Dave Ratcliffe

Some of my imagery may seem a little on the dark side at times but I feel the pain of the chastened and broken among my close family and friends. I write from the heart to express my innermost thoughts through song lyrics and poetry. I try always, ‘to be true to my philosophy of understanding tolerance, to share my perceptions and desires with integrity’. I have just finished my first play which was both a challenging and rewarding experience, which I intend to follow up on. I enjoy reading poetry from all over the world. Poetry.com is a great platform for me to network with other like-minded people and showcase my own work for others to be moved and inspired. After all this is the duty of a poet…I have just had my first poetry book published with the Title Scratching the Page and my thanks go to Michael Dobson for producing it and to all those who read it more…

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