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Jenny The Ho
“Jenny The Ho”
I’m ready for bed, she heard what I said.
My prayers are often answered!
With luck on my side, she continues to hide
her feelings were decided.
She took a chance, at the high school dance.
The guys were in a row.
Later on that night, they started to fight.
Her name was, Jenny the ho!
William J. Roney III
Copyright © 2023
When you set sight on a
When you set sight on a jingle to write
like this one that calls Jenny a "ho."
from whence comes the urge that kickstarts the surge
that makes the words gather and go?
Or is ir a Muse, shod in sensible shoes
that brings your lines to gnition?
Does the "quiet and calm"* provide a smooth balm
that blossoms into fruition?
[* from the title of Wallace Stevens' poem, "The House Was Quiet And The World Was Calm"]
Starward
Jenny The Ho
"The Process"
I watch Cable TV and get a line or two to work with.
I'm ready for bed was the line I picked up off a commerical.
Had to write a line that rhymes with bed "said" in it.
My prayers are often answered, I just had to throw that line in there.
I gave Jenny feelings for her to make a decision on a guy.
Everybody in High School has a ho, so I threw that into the mix.
Jenny has to practice beening a ho at the school function for the story to work.
So Jenny had to start a fight.
The narrator walks away with jenny for life.
End of story of Jenny.
William J. Roney III