Your Slip Is Showing

“Pardon me ma’am, but your slip is showing.”

“Yes,” she said with eyes not bright.

“But not my soul.”

Author's Note

Just popped in my head

Reviews

[keith]

guilty! it's always something ... slip showing or toilet tissue stuck to my heel! HA!
quick, easy & good on you

[Cherrie Palmer]

Not the old tp on the shoe bit. I hate it when that happens.

[keith]

such a waste of good paper! HA! i'm one funny ...

[red93]

Nicely done Cherrie. A pensee out of the Holy Ether. I like it a lot.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Good morning Tony and thank you.

[Aura]

This is interesting. Its not what you wear and how you dress that shows people who you are, its whats inside that really matters. But people dont get that and are so quick to judge. Why is it that women have to cover themselves where as men dont? If anything, some men hage to learn to control themselves and what they say, its a two way street. Short but ppwerful, i like it!

[Cherrie Palmer]

Good morning Aura and thank you.

[Aura]

You are welcome!

[Temperance]

Interesting. Eyes not bright. I wonder what we would see if her soul was showing? This is cute, Cherrie.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Thank you. Idea popped in my head. I wanted to make her sassy and alittle jaded.

[Temperance]

Love those that suddenly pop in our heads.

[h d e rushin]

Yes, yes , yes. Slips, the venerable, agate white or grey chalcedony of the 19th century was worn by women as a burden of responsibility; as proof of the science of their sexuality, even when sexuality wasn't allowed. Even a peek of it showing was sexualized: the onomatomania dread or irresistible impulse of anyone who saw it. This poem paints quite the picture. One of great vanity and authority. And yes to the questions asked, they still sell slips if you can find them....great idea for a poem. dana

[Cherrie Palmer]

I couldn't decide on the picture. Which would set the mood for the poem and like you I thought the concept peeked under a women's persod. Showing only what she let's us see.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Not to date myself but I'm a fan of a camisole and silky tap pants

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Do ladies actually still wear "slips"? I thought we'd got beyond that to show as much flesh as you possibly can and if you don't have it to show, why, just get some cosmetic surgery. Baring my soul has never been an issue with me. I used to wear my heart out on my sleeve but the sleeve was torn so many times, the heart was bound to be; painful thing, that. But, as a father of two daughters, I'm all for the application of maidenly modesty. I enjoyed.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Lol possibly not. But that's what's missing a little modesty and a little alure.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I remember a song Carly Simon had out called "Dishonest Modesty". It's funny. You know what they say in the theater: always leave them wanting more. That can be great advice to all of us at times I think. F.

[Mauricio Montoya]

Yes if it's pink the end of diginity with unbearable loss of pride, soul food for thought.thank you for sharing.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Thank you Mauricio :)

[light and ashes]

Love this.................

[Cherrie Palmer]

I think of this writing as a women's poem. :) I'm glad you liked it. Thank you Light.

[light and ashes]

I did very much, you're welcome.

[Davidgeo]

If you read this in a certain way, it can be dirty. And I imagine, you had no intention of making it so but.... if a person who happened to have a lot of a certain amount of education were to read this.... they would probably say something like "you need to get layed". Doll face.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Yes I see it has several different kinds of meanings raging from curt to playfull, but that is the way of poetry. Often we write a small exchange from a narrow view. Then readers turn it into something more.

[Davidgeo]

Yes.... I see what you're saying. I wouldn't worry too much. I'm kind of a perv., not a mechanical perv. But, I don't do it on purpose but, I'm always gravitated toward the sexual kind of things. It goes back to how I learned sociology and later psych way back in the day.. Yeah, I guess I'm a perv.... but not in a weird way. (probably)

[Davidgeo]

That sounded... bad. I'm sorry

[Cherrie Palmer]

No apologies needed

[William Michael Reeves]

Just slipped into your brain, did it? It does make one wonder what you were thinking then fill the void with all the possibilities.Do we cover the privacy of our soul with the apparel of our convictions. Convictions that are sheer for some, heavily draped for others. Eyes not bright. She isn't happy with the condition of her soul maybe??

[Cherrie Palmer]

Yes I think that's it in a nutshell.
So often people go about life but inwardly they are not happy with who they have become.
I couldn't decide on the photo which would intensify the thought or lighten it. So I went with B.