<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=432696" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Africa</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It wasn't the flowing blond weave, <br>Attached to your head like a hat.<br>Or those blue eye contacts.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It wasn't your three inch painted nails, <br>That scratched my hand...<br>As your long eyelashes flapped.<br>Reminding me of fly traps.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Not even your smile bothered me.<br>Exposing a mouth full of gold teeth</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was when you purred like a cat.<br>To announce your name was 'Africa'.<br>That offended me.<br>And for some reason I had to get up...<br>To look for the nearest exit to leave.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I knew right then we didn't have chemistry.<br>And there was no doubt in my mind...<br>A you and I together was never going to be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And that might have been your real name.<br>I just didn't want to stay to hear how you got it.<br>Or why or when you began to accessorize your pride.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=432696" data-title="Africa de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="It wasn't the flowing blond weave, Attached to your head like a hat. Or those blue eye contacts. It wasn't your three inch painted nails, That scratched my hand... As your long eyelashes flapped. Reminding me of fly traps. Not even your smile ..."></div> </div> </div>

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