Cindy sometimes leaves her toenails long
They’re super protein and extremely strong
Her husband avoids her feet at night
Her pedicurist sighs – shakes her head left and right
Cindy’s socks have toe holes – it’s unstylish – all wrong
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Cindy can’t wear sandals – a deterrent to summer fashion
But she can slice bedsheets with her feet when she feels spousal passion
Often her feet resemble her cat’s
They surely don’t resemble an aristocrat’s
Sometimes her nail polish she has to ration
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Cindy sometimes can be quite spacey
But in her past she was quite locker room racy
There was one rival who was not the least bit jealous
Neither was she at all incredulous
Cindy was gorgeous and Maribel shy and totally plain facey*
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These days Maribel likes to write fiction
On most days she has okay diction
She’s not shy at all
But she still hates the mall
Maribel loves books – it’s quite an addiction
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When this rhyme began – it was all about Cindy
But now it’s turned around – the day is windy
When it’s breezy outside – things change direction
And Maribel’s plot staged an insurrection
Now she’s created a character named Lindie
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The toenail thing is truly about Lindie
But it could also be said about librarian Lola Grindy
Maribel can write anything she wants
About a baker – a lawyer – or a ghost who haunts
There’s yet another tale to tell – about dentist Dr. Plindy
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Dr. Plindy has a girlfriend named Kate
Every Friday night the two watch movies late
Kate likes romcoms and Dr. Plindy loves mystery
They have a long and loving history
Time to end this for now – much more later –
Soon Maribel has a handsome lunch date
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*”poetic” (okay, rhyming) license
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