Subtlety

"Oh how nice," says the simpering girl.

Bobbing her headful of permanent curl.

While her boy-friend, exploiting his ready-made wit.

After "I sez," and "He sez" and "We sez"-zing a bit

Remarks that it really is "Awfully hot."

And tells her his car is "housing a spot"

"Oh how nice," says his simpering girl

As she flutters her eyelashes' quivering curl.

So clutching her arm with his damp-flannel hand

He beguiles her away to his beer bottle stand.

Where together they giggle and snicker and choke

As they guzzle their liquor and puff out their smoke!—E.M.B.