Naiad 1975 - Lake-Sumter Community College
Naiad 1975 - Lake-Sumter Community College
Naiad 1975 - Lake-Sumter Community College
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NOBODY TOLD ME<br />
Nobody told me that<br />
I co uldn't paint the baby.<br />
They said not to paint the floor<br />
Or walls or on my bedroom door.<br />
They dress the baby all in blue<br />
And green is such a lovely hue;<br />
And nobody told me that<br />
I couldn't paint the baby . ..<br />
So I did.<br />
Nobody told me that<br />
I co uldn't drink the perfume.<br />
They said I could not drink the wine<br />
Or whiskey or the turpentine.<br />
They said I co uld have milk or Coke<br />
But I just did it for a joke<br />
'Cause nobody told me that<br />
I co uldn't drink the perfume ...<br />
So I did.<br />
Sandi Deschaine<br />
Second Place Poetry<br />
<strong>Naiad</strong> Literary Contest<br />
The Bug<br />
I observed a shy girl<br />
playing with a small bug<br />
She gently lifted it from the rug<br />
She let it roam through her<br />
long wavy hair<br />
Oh, she fondled it kindly,<br />
As though she cared<br />
Carefully she replace d it upon<br />
,the floor<br />
• With her bright eyes she guided<br />
it towards the open door<br />
Suddenly, she grew weary<br />
of this single-sided play<br />
as she stepped on it and ran away.<br />
Mimi Arnold<br />
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