To hear an AudioBoo reading of this poem by the writer, go to http://audioboo.fm/boos/1458975-funny-girls.
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FUNNY GIRLS
by Chris Kuhn
We’re the funny girls.
We joke, we jest.
Good for a laugh, ripe for a smile.
It’s our role, it’s our job
It’s our shroud we absorb and we don
For our comfort, for protection
And sometimes it even smothers.
We’re the funny girls.
And more times than not, that’s all we’ve ever been.
All anyone has ever known or seen when they gaze upon us.
Just once, only once, would the funny girls like to be more than
Good for a laugh, ripe for a smile.
Humor doesn’t swallow up our desire
Nor does it douse the need to feel desired.
But it does distract, doesn’t it?
And it does cloud and disguise
And though you may not realize
Those little labels are like sandspurs
Little prickly reminders that pinch
And needle like worn-out pictures
Of whom we’ve always been,
How we’ve always been perceived,
Often who we’d like to forget
Or leave behind to become someone else.
The friend who quietly watched
Her best pal asked out by her longtime crush
The girl sitting home on prom night
Rationalizing fear and the lonelies away.
But this is all we know,
so we do what we know.
We act where we excel
And we jab and we jest.
We tell a good joke
And we get you to laugh,
Though silently we want you to swoon
And stumble in awe of our presence.
From your lips, we earn a big grin
Though a devilish smirk
And a firm, wet, gloriously passionate kiss would delight us so
We win over your giggle in droves
Though we wish it were your velvety lips calling our name when you feel our fireworks.
You do all but pat us on the back for our efforts
And we’re ready to flee to our lonely corners, never to raise our voice nor head again.
We’re the funny girls.
Good for a laugh, ripe for a smile.
That’s what we do, that’s what we’re here for.
Just once, finally once, would we like to be thought of as more.
Love your funny girls,or should i say: love you funny girl! You make me lol,with your girls,hon!
Ha! Funny girls can definitely be entertaining but sometimes they want to be remembered for something more. Glad you liked it. 🙂 ~chris
Dearest Chris – I love this piece so much as It speaks to the inner me….and yes there is so much more to us! You are an amazing woman and I love reading your stuff TY for sharing Hun! xox
Thanks, Deb. I know this could have just as easily been named Nice Guys, Pretty Girls, Smart Girls, etc. It’s simply about seeing past the obvious, getting beyond the surface and recognizing there is so much more beneath us all. Always appreciate the feedback. 🙂 xo ~ chris
Love Funny Girls, Chris. Truer words were never spoken! I was voted class clown my senior year in high school. What does that tell you about me! I love the funny girls! Thanks for your lovely prose!
Thanks, Yvonne. I really appreciate that. Aah, so you were one of THOSE, the class goof, class comedian. Gotcha. You know, one of my favorite comedy albums was George Carlin, Class Clown, and he did pretty good for himself, but being funny is definitely not something expected from the ladies. And when it happens, many times folks just don’t know what to do with us, do they? Lol. And when we are jumping up and down in front of them, trying to be seen as something else entirely, other than funny? Well, forget it. They haven’t a clue. 🙂 Glad my words resonated with you. ~ chris