'The legs have come back! ' <br /> <br />The eyes shouted <br /> <br />swimming around in <br />the goldfish bowl. <br /> <br />My mouth <br />remained tight-lipped <br /> <br />perched <br />upon the perch <br /> <br />in the budgie's cage <br />...sh**! <br /> <br />And indeed <br />the legs <br /> <br />who had taken themselves off <br />and gone for a walk <br /> <br />around about midnight <br /> <br />on their own <br /> <br />had returned <br />(without any explanation) <br /> <br />of where <br />they had been <br /> <br />or with whom. <br /> <br />They had scratches <br />about the knees <br /> <br />& a telephone number <br />(written in biro) <br /> <br />on the left inner <br />thigh. <br /> <br />I tried <br />to pull myself <br />to-get-her. <br /> <br />'Damn the demon <br />drink! ' <br /> <br />I thought slurridly <br />before passing out. <br /> <br />'Never...ne...ver.. <br />a...gain! ' <br /> <br />But I was in bits <br />couldn't get a grip <br /> <br />on <br />my <br />self. <br /> <br />My brain had gone <br />riding the lift <br /> <br />up 'n' down <br />up 'n' down <br /> <br />all night <br /> <br />with one of my arms. <br /> <br />The other arm <br />was alseep. <br /> <br />***** <br /> <br />This was sparked by seeing a Helmut Newton shot of just that...a pair of just attractive legs in heels standing at an open door with the caption THE LEGS HAVE COME BACK. I couldn't resist writing it!<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-legs-have-come-back-for-ruthie/
