<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=438521" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Kirtles Drapped</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In their kirtles drapped in times, <br>When a boodle carried was kept disguised.<br>Those of prim and proper grace, <br>Kept their business away...<br>From other's faces.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today, <br>It is in our eyes.<br>On display and to no one's surprise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like crumbs on fingertips one licks, <br>From a bag of potato chips one grips.<br>And when they're finished with that bag, <br>In the street they toss it quick.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But in their kirtles they would murmur, <br>Without announcing it one bit.<br>And today folks like to brag, <br>About what they have in their grasp.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Few kirtle blurters from the past, <br>Would never show their valuables or cash.<br>But times like these have slipped from us fast! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like crumbs on fingertips one licks, <br>From a bag of potato chips one grips.<br>And when they're finished with that bag, <br>In the street they toss it quick.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And those in kirtles may not show, <br>What they keep bestowed...<br>At all! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>*Kirtle: <br>A tunic or coat worn by men, <br>In the Middle Ages.<br>Also known as a long gown, <br>Or dress worn by women.<br>Perhaps...<br>To 'protect' their 'treasures'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Source of info: <br>Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.<br>10th edition.</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=438521" data-title="Kirtles Drapped de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="In their kirtles drapped in times, When a boodle carried was kept disguised. Those of prim and proper grace, Kept their business away... From other's faces. Today, It is in our eyes. On display and to no one's surprise. Like crumbs on fingert..."></div> </div> </div>

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