Girls are meant to be seen, not heard

Mom said

girls are meant to be seen, not heard;

it was a lesson she had to learn

Dad said

guess you were built for comfort, not speed

curves slow you down in the race to succeed

men are all dogs, they go after bones

giggle and jiggle and you’ll be alone.

Mom, I feel fat.

We should talk about that.

I mean,

I would like to talk now but I’m running late

You look really nice, have you been losing weight?

Mrs. Smith, I’m a nurse on her rounds,

your sallow daughter weighs eighty pounds

How can that be, she looked fine to me.

Let me talk to her please.

She says she’d like to talk now but she’s running late

besides,

She says girls are meant to be seen, not heard.