Hurrying by fast or slow <br /> Thin legs stout legs <br /> Trousered or bare <br /> Skirts to the ankles <br /> Skirts to the knees <br /> Others high as vanity permits <br /> As generations before <br /> Wisdom would conceal <br /> Some are not wise. <br /> <br />Not so black stockings <br /> Tapping her sensible lace ups <br /> Between flexing of knees <br /> Framed in the basement window <br /> Shapely within the seamless tubes <br /> Supporting the well rounded end <br /> Moving in little arcs <br /> Angry with the rogue <br /> Keeping her waiting. <br /> <br />At least I can speculate <br /> As blue jeans arrives legs apart <br /> Hands outstretched <br /> In abject surrender <br /> Black stockings on tip toes <br /> Handbag clutched in martial stance <br /> Bottom swishing tigress <br /> Prepared to leap. <br /> <br />Blue jeans has a rare gift <br /> They depart hand in hand <br /> As sparrows pounce <br /> On a discarded crust. <br /> Twenty minutes past appointment time <br /> Dentists should give discounts <br /> For being late <br /> I don't feel as forgiving <br /> As black stockings. <br /> <br /> A small child peers through the window <br /> And pulls a face at me <br /> I pull a fierce one back <br /> Squalling in outrage she points <br /> As a maternal hand grabs her arm <br /> And hauls her away still yelling. <br /> Score one for me. <br /> <br /> 'Mr Brown can see you now.' <br /> A voice from a dragon in white <br /> Glaring at me in outrage <br /> Black stockings <br /> Would not fit well on this one.<br /><br />Thomas Golding<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/limited-view-from-a-dentists-basement-window/
