You remind of a man I know,

That looked an awful lot like you,

Though taller and a little heavier in the waist,

And his hair was a little longer too,

And your eyes are brown while his were blue,

And of course there was that scar across his face.

Oh yes, and he had a darker shade of skin,

But apart from that, you could be twins,

Right down to your accent, when you speak,

He was a broad Glaswegian I recollect,

So like your cockney dialect,

You’d be mistaken for each other on the street.

Ok, you’re not identical I’ll give you that,

I mean, your hair is blonde while his was black,

But the resemblance between you is so clear,

If not for his squint and plaintive lisp,

And that exaggerated limp of his,

And If he had all his teeth and lost the beard,

It would be uncanny how alike you are,

Apart from what I said and that facial scar,

There can’t be two more similar people in the world,

In fact the only difference I can see,

Between you two quite honestly,

Is that he’s a man, while you’re a girl.

By

S.E.Ralph

4-6-2019