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Question:Does she need to say, "You're old and fat."
Or that you're not much to look at?
Must she explain her need to be
Fulfilled in mind, not physically?
Can you accept that every girl.
Inside still clings to a childhood dream.
Of horse and knight and chivalry?
Will you exchange your friendship, for pain,
trading it for some physical plea
that in either case will likely remain
A frustrated venture, a futility?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Does she need to say, "You're old and fat."
Or that you're not much to look at?
Must she explain her need to be
Fulfilled in mind, not physically?
Can you accept that every girl.
Inside still clings to a childhood dream.
Of horse and knight and chivalry?
Will you exchange your friendship, for pain,
trading it for some physical plea
that in either case will likely remain
A frustrated venture, a futility?

Is it about OUR own Dimitry??? I mean, the Dimitry of Y!A?

It's good but depressing

Only problem is in punctuation...and the fact that, naturally, dreams are inside a person's mind -- this doesn't need to be stated:

Does she need to say you're old and fat
or that you're not much to look at?
Must she explain her need to be
fulfilled in mind, not physically --
Can you accept that every girl
still clings to a childhood dream
of horse and knight and chivalry?
Will you exchange your friendship for pain,
trading it for some physical plea that,
in either case, will likely remain
a frustrated venture, a futility?

You have some real talent -- keep at it, keep at it!!

PS: Note that where the "that" is put, in the third line up, it rhymes with "at" in the second line down, in effect "wrapping" the poem...

I do not think that this poem has very much depth. It is interesting, but not much there.

Not bad for 30-seconds, but a couple of things...

1) First two lines set the tone of satire, that transitions too sharply into a beautiful reflection, and excellent advice for us guy's to put on our soul-mate's shoes....

2) old, fat, and at; can definitely be improved upon, and you being the TC in this category; surely could find better words for the theme of 'Horse and Knight and Chivalry'; better then I.

3) The Gauntlet has been thrown down, but we the critics, demand more and better, if your dare??!!??

I think I like the errors.. they give authenticity to the sense of of reaction the words present. A piece like this should not be over worked. I like it very much and it does have depth. There is nothing deeper than pain, emotional pain. Good work.