The Physical Culture Girl

I dread the physical culture girl,

     For reasons far more than one;

She knows too much of science, I fear,

     And things that shouldn’t be done.

“Early to bed and early to rise”

     Is one of her watchwords true;

She won’t sit up late, nor keep a date,

     As some other girls will do.

She won’t let me kiss her, worst of all,

     Kisses are microbus says she;

She won’t hold hands, “it wrinkles them so,”

     She really said that to me.

She isn’t the ruby of olden times,

     Although she may be a pearl;

If I want some fun I really must shun

     The physical culture girl.

July 17, ‘09