- She’s got her mouth wide shut
- And her arms spread in.
- She looks sort of strange
- In an ordinary kind of way.
- Her sister is an only child
- Her twin is two years younger.
- She looks sort of pretty
- In a plain kind of way.
- She stares with her eyes shut
- And sleeps with them open.
- She speaks sort of posh
- In a common kind of way.
- She cuts her hair long
- And sharpens pencils to a blunt.
- She talks sort of quickly
- In a slow kind of way.
- She drinks red apples
- And eats lemonade.
- She looks sort of happy
- In a sad kind of way.
- by Tanwir Shah
Discussion
- This poem was influenced by a discussion of collocations at work and hearing about the death of Stanley Kubrick on the news. The title of the poem takes its name from his film Eyes Wide Shut which was released around the same time.
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