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expectations
Emily Reeve
I have a nice smile
or so I'm told.
But always by old men
with no intentions
that are honorable.
I guess I'm supposed
to be flattered
and I am. But only
because young men
tend to ask for too much.
Their expectations are
too unreasonable,
their hearts too inconstant,
their libidos tend to be
smaller than their egos.
So I'll take the empty
compliments from the old men.
I'll smile and be friendly
and wait for one of them
to pull out their wallet and take me around the world.
Emily Reeve has published 2 more terrible poems since joining on 9/6/07. Read more of Emily's terrible poetry at the anthology. Here are three of Emily's latest works: