Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MISS DIPLOMACY, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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MISS DIPLOMACY, by                    
First Line: I'm writing to you, dear, to-day
Last Line: "would one of those ""back numbers"" do?"
Subject(s): Courtship; Diplomacy And Diplomats; Letters; Longing; Man-woman Relationships; Male-female Relations


I'm writing to you, dear, to-day
Because I have so much to say
That won't keep till to-morrow.
But first, I want to whisper this—
I send you back that foolish kiss
You gave, or did I borrow?

You naughty boy! I'm quite ashamed
To even have the subject named,
Excepting in a letter.
You must come up to-morrow night;
I think that then, perhaps, I might
Explain the matter better.

Dear boy, you know I miss you so,
Because—you surely ought to know
The reason why; now, don't you?
And when you come, bring up some creams—
When were the last? How long it seems!
You 'll bring them surely, won't you?

You ought to see my "latest" gown;
And, by the way, that play's in town!
The horrid one; I'm dying
To see the thing—it 's quite the rage.
I know you just abhor the stage;
But, you 're so self-denying!

Now, don't forget, you dear old thing,
To bring the tickets—and, oh, bring
That latest photograph of you—
It looks so handsome and so fine!
Perhaps I 'll give you one of mine;
Would one of those "back numbers" do?





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