Cute! (poem) by Charles B. Neff on AuthorsDen

Cute!
by Charles B. Neff → (All Poetry by Charles B. Neff)
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If you know the "in" language, feel free. If not, maybe not. The trick, of course, is knowing the diffrence before you speak!
Cute! Go to Greece or Japan and we know Instinctively how foolish it would be To fake understanding, or try to speak The words that we hear around us. We’re less aware that in our own language There are dialects that some speak fluently, Which others cannot understand at all. Of those, none is more insidious Than the unique jargon of Cute. What? Cute is just a word, you respond. It’s simple. Everyone knows what it means. It’s just punctuation you toss in When there’s a lull. No big deal. Aha! You poor sad sucker. I’ll bet the farm that you’re a man! Cute has dozens of basic meanings (I’m not even qualified to count them) Each defined by posture, context, expression, And tones that almost sound Chinese. Framed by sincerity, Cute is one thing. Delivered with a shrug it is quite another. Beware above all the dangerous question: Do you think this is Cute? People who speak Cute know instantly How to smile, and how to stand. How, if required, to flick a strand of hair. Most of all they can instantly pick The kind of Cute the moment requires. (Artful pause is a major message in Cute.) Hey, I’ve gone beyond my limit In describing what I don’t understand. So I’ll just leave a little advice. If you hear a question with Cute in it Best be vague (“Blue looks good on you”). If you’re aware you’re challenged by Cute And if you value life as you know it, Never utter a sentence that includes it. Better to be mute in ignorant bliss. At least you’ll live to talk another day. Charles B. Neff May 23, 2014

Reviewed by Jane Noponen Perinacci

Reviewed on July 29, 2016

Oh, my goodness! I remember needing to learn the proper curtsey before I went to Finland, my mother's birthplace. Everyone was doing it and the young man would click his heels!! Those were the days! Those were the days when a man was a man!! Baby puppies are cute!

Love ya!

Jane Noponen Pereinacci

Jane

Reviewed by m j hollingshead

Reviewed on May 24, 2014

chuckle, enjoyed the read!!

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

I'm a man, so I don't know what the hell you're talking about. Last time I told her she was "cute," she nearly killed me. I'm still trying to figure out what it was that I said.

Ron

Reviewed by John Domino

Reviewed on May 23, 2014

Cute!

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton

"I’ll bet the farm that you’re a man!"

Yes. As a matter of fact I am. Seems that makes me inferior in your way of thinking. Maybe I am. So what? Some, like yourself, rise to the top like cream. Eh, a fact of life. We all really wasn't created equal. Cute poem.