Society sees her as not quite right she does look a bit thin <br />For women in the modern World it does seem hard to win <br />Her sister than her much plumper is seen as over-weight <br />Yet even on the perfect woman there is a use by date. <br /> <br />A man who is quite over-weight scarce warrants a second glance <br />Though he looks heavy on his feet too heavy for to dance <br />But a woman who is over-weight will get a second stare <br />For most women in a modern World life must seem so unfair. <br /> <br />The company director a balding over-weight man tired of his ageing wife <br />He has a pretty secretary to brighten up his life <br />A pretty one in her early twenties for to look at every day <br />He would never think of hiring one with dye who cloaks her gray. <br /> <br />In a World where women must work harder than men in order to succeed <br />Good looks and youth and a good figure are things they also need <br />They must compete with other women for jobs and for success <br />Their balding ageing male bosses they must try to impress. <br /> <br />'Tis either too plump or too heavy Miss Right is hard to find <br />In the demanding twenty first century i pity human kind <br />And my heart goes out to the ageing woman the ageing male company director her will not hire <br />He needs a young and pretty secretary for to look at and admire.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tis-a-man-s-world/
