adelaide's lament by summerfield

adelaide's lament

it says here:
the average unmarried female
basically insecure
due to some long frustration may react
with psychosomatic symptoms
difficult to endure
affecting the upper respiratory tract.
ah-chooo!

in other words, just from waiting around for that plain little band of gold
a person can develop a cold.

you can spray her wherever you figure the streptococci lurk
you can give her a shot for whatever she's got, but it just won't work
if she's tired of getting the fish eye from the hotel clerk
a person can develop a cold.

oh that's amazing!
let's see, chapter 12:
the female remaining single
just in the legal sense
shows a neurotic tendency
see note: where's note
chronic organic symptoms
toxic or hypertense
involving the eye, the ear, the nose, and throat.
(oh, my goodness!)

in other words, just from worrying whether the wedding is on or off
a person can develop a cough.

you can feed her all day with the vitamin A and the bromofizz
but the medicine never gets anywhere near where the trouble is.
if she's getting a kind of name for herself, and the name ain't his
a person can develop a cough.

and further more, just from stalling, and stalling,
and stalling the wedding trip
a person can develop la grippe.

when they get on that train to Niagara
and she can hear church bells chime
the compartment is air conditioned
and the mood sublime
then they get off at Saratoga for the fourteenth time!
well, a person can develop la grippe,
la grippe.
la post nasal drip.
with the wheezes
and the sneezes
and a sinus that's really a pip!

from a lack of community property
and a feeling she's getting too old
a person can develop a bad, a bad
a really really bad cold!
ah-ah-ah-chooooo!
(from lyricsondemand.com)
- song from the play "guys & dolls"

here's barbra streisand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0d-EitpmWg

no funny story, but the lyrics are funny enough i like them. plus, i really didn't know how to portray a sneeze or perhaps it's that there's really no glamour when one sneezes! one thing you should know: don't try to sneeze with your eyes open or you're bound to have a detached retina. :-P
hahahaha
love this Miss Vikki
thank you for the words and great for the themes
July 28th, 2016  
i dont know if it is possible to sneeze with eyes open is it? what a fit those lyrics are...
July 28th, 2016  
Fabulous!
July 28th, 2016  
Bless you! =)
July 28th, 2016  
I appreciate the medical advice! (yours, not the song's). great picture
July 28th, 2016  
I think you have depicted a sneeze perfectly in this image. Score 3 for the seven dwarfs AND The song title
July 28th, 2016  
So creative! And there I was thinking you wrote a poem, just to discover (after reading through it all) that it's the lyrics to a song! Oh well at least I haven't got the sneezes.....
July 28th, 2016  
Haha very cool Vikki!! :)
July 29th, 2016  
Less talk of eye problems if you don't mind! Now sneezing I can cope with. Hope for your sake, the whole thing is staged. You create the scene most convincingly.
July 31st, 2016  
Looks like a sneeze coming on to me! Good one on all counts!
August 1st, 2016  
LOL that's a lot of tissue
August 1st, 2016  
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