A poem by a friend

SCIENCE’S FICTION
By Arthur H. Davis
(with permission)

Those tummy tucks,
That lipo-suction,
From the Greek for
“fat reduction” . . .

New Grecian nose
Replacing old.
Still, “Thar she blows!”
If you’ve a cold!

Bosom implants
Constant done
To look just like
Pam Anderson!

Lip enhancing,
Pouting miss,
So entrancing
Courting kiss.

Hair removal
Where it shouldn’t;
Hair replacement
Where it wouldn’t!

Its all the rage
Botox injections
Attacking age’s
Imperfections!

Reduction of
One’s hips and thighs,
Reducing them
To model’s size.

Teeth all straightened
Sparkling bright.
Now gone for good
Your overbite!

You must try
The skin eraser,
Removing age spots
All by laser . . .

Face uplift
To offset aging.
Looking younger,
How engaging!

Anything to
Make us young,
New chin replacing
Double hung. . .

Now what of
All this tampering.
Is it narcissistic
Pampering?

So - may come a day,
What if - perhaps,
All these improvements
Then collapse!

All that past trauma
Drives you spastic--
Despite you seem
Iconoclastic!

--Art writes poetry on a wide range of subjects. Watch for more of his gems here.--