For Any Impossible She

For Any Impossible She

(Ogden Nash)

 

What shall I do with So-and-So?

She won't say yes and she won't say no.

She tiptoes around the cunningest traps

With a smile and a murmur of Perhaps.

At nine I'm Darling, at ten I'm you -

Tell me, what is a man to do

When the lady his life is based upon

Likes to be wooed but won't be won?

 

What shall I do with So-and-So?

She confesses that I am her favorite beau;

But let the topic of marriage arise

And see the astonishment in her eyes!

Why am I chosen so to be harried?

Other people have gotten married.

Is every courtship conducted thus

Or is it only confined to us?