This short story is an entry in the 2003 Soc.Sexuality.Spanking Summer Short Story Contest and is copyright by the author and commercial use is prohibited without permission. Personal/private copies are permitted only if complete including the copyright notice. The author would appreciate your comments
Category: Verse
Top Song
By
If you're going to crash through the door
You know I'm immune to your pleas
Yes I know this embarrasses you
Then after a suitable gap
Now these are the moments I treasure
As a beautiful roseate blush
It will do you no good to complain
So let's have you stripped to the skin
Now the ordeal is over, you're free
I'll put you to bed with great care
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The End
© Copyright Sem, 19 June 2003
Reviews
Don A. Landhill <dlandhill(at)aol(dot)com>
I have always enjoyed limericks and limerick sequences. This one is very nice, and the progression from offence, to corner time, to hairbrush, to the cane, to comfort and a hot follow-up was well handled. I could have wished for explicit forgiveness, but that is a matter of taste. The tale is neat and complete.
The words generally flow nicely although there are some failures of meter. «If you're going to crash through the door» & «Now these are the moments I treasure» have too many syllables. «Then after a suitable gap» has too few, and «As a beautiful roseate blush» has slightly misplaced stresses. But I have to carefully check against a classic line to be sure of this. Still in reading it to myself, things felt just a bit off in places.
The images are classic spanking ones. The verse feels lighthearted, but not whimsical. I particularly like the tone of «Besides, I'm enjoying the view».
Overall this works very well. I could wish for an illustrated version {grin}, or perhaps better yet, imagine one.
<comjustacatfish(at)aol(dot)com>
An amusing little piece of writing. I assume this is the lyrics to a song?
Warm Hand Jack
The "Verse" category adds to the challenge of presenting a good story the challenge of doing so within a fixed structure. This entry demonstrates mastery of both aspects. The narrative (if not boldly original) is amusing, very well told, and satisfyingly complete: justification (my personal sine qua non), preparation, and escalating chastisement; followed by TLC and the promise of whatever (yes, I did enjoy the euphemisms!). The chosen form -- the Limerick (five lines of 3-3-2-2-3 feet, rhyming AABBA), but improved by the use of only direct (masculine) rhyming -- is most appropriate to the light mood of the tale. The metre is followed meticulously, without the slightest sign of forcing the fit, which adds immensely to the pleasure of reading verse. And each of the ten stanzas is crafted as a discrete chapter, which strengthens each as well as the overall structure. This is a more detailed appreciation than usual; clearly, the entry warrants it. A top song indeed!