Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IF THEY MEANT ALL THEY SAID, by ALICE DUER MILLER


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First Line: Charm is a woman's strongest arm
Last Line: To feel your cook's afraid of mice.
Subject(s): Charm; Tears; Women


CHARM is a woman's strongest arm;
My charwoman is full of charm;
I chose her, not for strength of arm
But for her strange, elusive charm.

And how tears heighten woman's powers!
My typist weeps for hours and hours:
I took her for her weeping powers --
They so delight my business hours.

A woman lives by intuition.
Though my accountant shuns addition
She has the rarest intuition.
(And I myself can do addition.)

Timidity in girls is nice.
My cook is so afraid of mice.
Now you'll admit it's very nice
To feel your cook's afraid of mice.





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