Boys

Boys, they're loud … now why would that be?
They don't converse, they just talk at me!
And they're bigger, and yet, they never know …
How that can intimidate, and how much so!

No sense of fashion and no idea of what's right.
No conception of what makes for a romantic night.

Boys seem to prefer to group with their mates,
And yet they're okay when they're out on dates.
But see a friend and they get macho and tough,
and then I become just their 'bit of stuff'.

No chance that they'll defer a night out with the boys.
No point in arguing when to them its just noise.

Boys are handy, when strength is needed,
Maybe do some chores if enough I've pleaded.
But nothing too girly, no, that just wouldn't do.
What would their mates say if only ever knew.

Mark Broomhall
December 2003