Showing posts with label Bobbi Rankin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bobbi Rankin. Show all posts

Friday, February 17, 2012

Ode to Waxing Leg

This Ode was written by Bobbi Rankin

Bobbi's Legs in Maui
Legs, it's your turn....
your turn to do something you've never done before.
You faithfully have taken me to many places,
you've never let me down.
Yes, we've done much together.
Now it's your time,
your turn,
I'm going to wax you for the very first time!
Yes, can you believe it?
We’re going to Maui
the goal is to be smooth, soft and above all
hairless.
There again not wanting to be a slave to the razor,
familiar theme?
Every one of those pesky hairs will be gone by bedtime.
I've set it all up
I've exfoliated
I've dusted with cornstarch,
heated the wax,
sitting on the floor with newspaper all about
let’s get it done!
Ooouch!
Hot wax!
Ok, clam down and do the job,
can't see the backside of my legs…
apply, pull, pile the hairy wax out of the way.
I'm getting it,
actually pulling those hairy suckers out,
be gone you pesky hairs!
FINALLY
I think I'm done.
I jump up, elated, but oh,
I realize wax is still stuck to my legs
wax is under my fingernails
wax is on the floor.
AND what else do I see?
Hairs sticking up in defiance?
where are my tweezers?
After all the goal is to go to Maui with hairless legs
even if I have to pull ever last renegade out by hand!
Mission accomplished
the goal is completed,
now you smooth legs you can proudly carry me to Maui.

I think next time I'll pay to have this done....            
I'm off to bed.
Ooohhhhh ….the sheets feel so good against these hairless legs!    

photo by bobbi

Friday, January 27, 2012

FOLLOWER Friday: Ode to Bobbi’s Eyebrows


  This was written by Roberta ‘Bobbi’ Rankin

Yo, eyebrows where have you gone? 
I see less and less of you every day 
You let me down
You betrayed me
I have a few words for you...... 
In my youth you were strong,
Arched and nicely dark brown. 
You were the envy of my friends
So easy to care for, too. 
I could wink and flirt with confidence
Having the fullness of the perfect brows.
Today, I must color you when I color my hair
I’ve become a slave to my eyebrow pencil. 
Oh, too much pencil color or too little?
This becoming the ongoing morning battle.
Now, more than ever as age begins
To try and take you away,
I need you. 
I need you to be strong
I need you be of color,
To help me face the world
I want you eyebrows to stay the same
And not let me down...
Not disappoint or betray me...
You know what I talkin’ about?
Alas, at this time in my life,
Have I not more fun and important things to do
Than to pour such pity onto myself,
Over eyebrows?
Really?  
I think I do. 
I think I'll put my cap on
Go for a long walk along the lagoon
Enjoy the world
Enjoy my life as it is today. 
I know for a fact that I have today,
Faded eyebrows 
You aren't important any more.
I think I'll save myself this grief
Simply say no more,
About my eyebrow betrayal, that is. 
For as sure as I'm sitting here
I do have more important things to talk about
About  __________________
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Bobbi departed for her first Hawaiian vacation before she could finish... So, I invite you - How would you complete her ode?  Please post a Comment or email me and I'll post your completion to ‘Ode to Bobbi's Eyebrows’.  Have fun!
    photo by Bobbi