by Susan Budig - Mindful Poet
Member since:
February 16, 2006

Gossip at Class Reunion

February 20, 2012 02:19 AM UTC
views: 0 | 9 people recommend this | comments: 16

Her name was Virginia Ketch
No one liked her much in grade school
She was poor and that wasn’t cool
Her name was Virginia Ketch

No one liked her much in grade school
It’s easy to ignore the dirt
Just assume no one will get hurt
No one liked her much in grade school

It’s easy to ignore the dirt
When you’re panning for gold
Brush away the mold
It’s easy to ignore the dirt

When you’re panning for gold
Everything that glitters catches
A devious plan soon hatches
When you’re panning for gold

Everything that glitters catches
Ginny wanted some gold of her own
Just to sit on a respectable throne
Everything that glitters catches

Ginny wanted some gold of her own
So she did what any poor girl does
Imperious neighbors said, “Remember when she was…”
Ginny wanted some gold of her own

So she did what any poor girl does
Her name was Virginia Ketch
Like a dog, she would fetch
So she did what any poor girl does

 

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Comments: 16

Janet "Jax" B. Feb 20, 2012, 2:44am UTC
great job! I find this form difficult.
JOHN BECK Feb 20, 2012, 3:13am UTC
Cute one.
Alice G. Feb 20, 2012, 3:43am UTC
Use of the form is well done but the "story" is a sad commentary on our youth.
elizabeth evans Feb 20, 2012, 5:44am UTC
She must be pretty good at Ketch.

Thanks for sharing with Triple Name Club.
Shana D. Feb 20, 2012, 8:36am UTC
Very powerful and moving. So sad and I can relate to being an outcast in elementary and Jr. High school.
Jim G. Feb 20, 2012, 8:41am UTC
Heavy. Beautifully done. I remember some kids like that. Many of them ended up better off than their peers.....
A. F. Stewart Feb 20, 2012, 9:49am UTC
A strong poem with a sad undertone.
Thank you for sharing. I will have to do another one of this style. :)
Stacey Mamasaid Feb 20, 2012, 1:11pm UTC
What an accurate portrayal of the social structure during school days. Thank goodness most of us grow up! Thank you for sharing at Rhyme Sublime.
Alison H. Feb 20, 2012, 1:27pm UTC
Isn't it amazing how universal the pecking order is in school (and beyond). Well-penned and moving.
Doug Westberg Feb 20, 2012, 1:46pm UTC
Well done. Thanks for sharing with Depression and Creativity!
Chris Brockman Feb 20, 2012, 2:48pm UTC
This captures so much about reunions and what one remembers in preparing, indulging, or analyzing one. The social stratification and the heartless cruelty of schoolkids helps one to understand it in adults. Excellent poem.
Lawrence U. Feb 20, 2012, 4:44pm UTC
A good read!
The last stanza captures the moment very well, indeed.
Mike Ellwood Feb 21, 2012, 5:35pm UTC
What a fine rendition. The form helps the tension build and I had to keep reading.
This was very well done. The form is obviously very demanding and poses the danger of becoming too obtrusive, so that the reader is distracted from the content, but somehow you've managed to use it to advantage. Thus, the poor girl is trapped in a complex, repetitive web of toxic social entanglements.
Len Maxwell Mar 12, 2012, 5:15pm UTC
I hate it when you do this kind of thing. I know you're aiming it directly at me. I start reading it, find a repetition of a line (or two), and then spend the rest of the time trying to figure out how the form works. Then, I have to go back and read it a second time to figure out what you're saying.

Oh, I finally figured out that it was a great story.
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Mar 13, 2012, 2:06am UTC
You know, Len, I thought I'd like this form like crazy, but it hasn't done for me what I'd expected.

I need to work on it more...

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