"You Seemed Pretty Sure You Were Better Than Most Brooklyn Trash...."...
ladymorgain sent me this from the New York Times and I had to share -- Craiglist Missed Connections Ads reformatted as poetry.
As a former -- and she a current -- resident of Borough Park, this was both of ours favorite (what is the proper grammar for that improper construction?).
Hasidic dude staring at you
You’re probably not surprised
that I was staring at you,
I’m probably not the first one.
I don’t remember what you were wearing
because I so was attached to your face.
You have the most beautiful face
I have ever seen in my life.
All I remember is that you
had blonde hair in a ponytail,
and beautiful blue eyes.
You kept stealing a peak on me,
and kinda measured me (not literally)
head to toe. You didn’t seem annoyed
by my staring, I don’t know why,
most women would.
I had a beard, and sidelocks
(those Hasidic side curls),
blue jeans and a t-shirt.
Email me back
I wonder what you thought of me.
You can even let me know
I was creepy,
so I know.
As a former -- and she a current -- resident of Borough Park, this was both of ours favorite (what is the proper grammar for that improper construction?).
Hasidic dude staring at you
You’re probably not surprised
that I was staring at you,
I’m probably not the first one.
I don’t remember what you were wearing
because I so was attached to your face.
You have the most beautiful face
I have ever seen in my life.
All I remember is that you
had blonde hair in a ponytail,
and beautiful blue eyes.
You kept stealing a peak on me,
and kinda measured me (not literally)
head to toe. You didn’t seem annoyed
by my staring, I don’t know why,
most women would.
I had a beard, and sidelocks
(those Hasidic side curls),
blue jeans and a t-shirt.
Email me back
I wonder what you thought of me.
You can even let me know
I was creepy,
so I know.