Shorty

Stood only five foot tall with their back against the wall could best them all

As an oak in a hurricane stands, arms steel bands, grip of a vice in their hands

Worked more than any one, from dawn to setting sun, then they'd only begun

Knee deep in bogs on their back hauling logs, meaner than any junkyard dogs

Could out curse any man tongue of a rusty tin can words the devil would ban

At cards could deal knew how to steal, cooked a chef's saucier meal

Sharp as a razor blade, called a spade a spade could swindle and trade

Could out think and with nary a blink, could any one out smoke or drink 

Hard as nails soft as down, sometimes acted the clown, never sported a frown

Grew up wild, with heart tender, nature mild, so gentle with any child 

Body and face of Aphrodite, wearing her silk nighty, how I miss her god almighty

Author's Note

Aphrodite Greek goddess of love, enchanting beauty and desire