I wish I were a boy, she sighed
Flagrantly, emphatically so
With balls to scratch, the balls to do it
That pompous male ego
To walk around topless in the heat
Without seeming too extreme
Oh, to be able to pee standing up
Has always been a dream
With no restrictions on where I go
Or how late I stay out at night
The confidence to think that I'm all that
Exploit that superior might
To grunt and snort and hack and spit
To keep all emotion at bay
To have best friends one happens to hug
Then accuses of being gay
Oh, easy camaraderie I envy
That all men seem to share
Even as they sit silent in the sun
Doing little more than stare
at every passing girl, and that
is another thing I'll enjoy
Being the one who's handing out
Those glances that irk and annoy
The sense of humour that you'll find
In boys the whole world over
That tendency to be scatalogical
To be proud of it, moreover
Oh, to be a boy, she sighed
Just for a little while
And to be hailed as "one of the guys"
Wallow in their mad lifestyle
16 comments:
Mmmm... Being one of the guys... ummm... Yeah, kinda been there but I doubt wheter its nice peeing straight up and scratching oneself in public...
Yeah! You rock girl!
Oh and did I mention, women ALWAYS get it better, remember Meg Ryan's Big Fake "O" in "When Harry met Sally"?!!
Love ya!
hehe... nice one. Don't do many of the things mentioned in there. Maybe I'll try them sometime ;)
PS: Yes, Dussander from Apt Pupil. Would that mean you're a current third year in NITT?
There were a few possibilities. I just made a guess, and I'm going to guess again: you just read Dussander off my profile and then did a search or you have read the story. Although, unless you're from NITT, the significance of that would elude you.
Still, if I'm wrong then let me know what conclusions I should have been jumping to :). I cannot guess any more!
Btw... how did you land up on my blog?
Actually.. the more important question (than you visiting my blog): Do I know you?
My enitre life is pasted on my blog, and there wasnt much I could gather from your blog/profile.
We don't grunt and hack and snort and spit. The 'Accusing of being gay' thing, yes, I agree.
And what wallow? Male lifestyles aren't like soggy soil.
I also take great umbrage at 'scatological!!' :)
[SRao] You have a very valid and previously not considered point. I see a post on the joy of being a woman coming up soon :D
[Aashish] Thank you! And also
a. I don't know you
b. I do know Dussander; I was just curious as to why his name featured in your "about me"
c. I am not from NITT, I just know someone from there. In a manner of speaking. :)
[Arjun] Oh, great one, I apologize for the slur. Even so, the point is that even less do women grunt and hack and snort and spit. All I want is to be able to do these without being called "unladylike".
And I must say I approve of your getting rid of that scatological *ahem* joke you were so proud of :D
We converted Apt Pupil into a play, and did it in college. I played the role of Dussander. Quite liked that story, and a few others that he's written. Read The last rung on the ladder?
Ah.. so you know (in a manner of speaking) the monk. And even though strangers visiting other blogs is not uncommon in (and probably the entire purpose of) the blog world, it does surprise me when non-NITTians visit. Maybe if more like you visit, I'll would less shocked in my greetings ;)
Liar. Deep down those glances don't irk or annoy. They haven't yet and they never will. You know it. I know it. (A magnificent poem nonetheless.)
ahem ahem...I think it's a brilliant poem. I dont know if you're an NITTian but if you are, it aint surprising at all! Known the place to brim with writing talent, among other things :)
ps: BLACK KITTENS? Is that what you call your visitors? :O
[Aashish] Adapted Apt Pupil?? Do you still have the script? That was one of the most disturbing King short stories I'd read, especially because it didn't have any real horror in it. Right up there with The Ledge, Strawberry Spring, and of course, The Last Rung on the Ladder.
Oh, and The Man Who Loved Flowers. Have you read that one? FABulous.
King is something else, isn't he?
[Latigo] Oh, no! Do not judge others by yourself; when it's by any other man it irks, be sure :)
And magnificent?
My life has meaning again.
[Chaitanya] No, I have not the pleasure of belonging to that institution. But thank you :)
And black kittens, yes. It's my Carroll fixation.
man, it ROCKS to be a guy.
it really does. and nice to see a lady think so, too.. :-D
Very very nice.
Wonderful how you can diss the un-fair sex in rhymes.
Do you wear blng btw?
Ah, noticed the 'joke,' did you? *sheepish laugh*Yes, pretty ashamed of it, I was. It wasn't that funny, too, to forgive it for being in bad taste.
Yes yes, diss us, Miss. But it's the wee-wee which makes the world go hee-hee.
I don't know what that means.
You must do something about these annoyingly long word verifications.
[Non-Sensei] But naturally. Boys are among my favourite creatures. Ask the robin :)
[Mal] Thank you! And blng? No. Semi-. Almost-. Wannabe-.
That's as close as I can get.
[Arjun] Done.
waaaaw!!!!!
absolutely brilliant..
mo
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