' The Dominant Woman ' Poem by Gordon Whittaker

You can count on me to hold my tongue
I will never ever do you wrong.

No-one can ever call me a liar,
No-one can say I’ve dragged their name through the mire.

I can never be accused of slander or libel,
I could never ever swear on the bible

You could reveal your innermost secrets to me,
knowing that forever and a day,
your secrets are with me to stay.

But my partner she is very different you see,
she enjoys manipulating me.

She loves the acclaim the adulation,
the correct verbal pronunciation.

I have no life I’m shoved away when not needed.
I am like so many of her other things.

She’s the one who pulls the strings.

What the hell, you may shout
what on earth is this poem about

My partner is a ventriloquist
she has complete control over me.
For I am the dummy that sits on her knee.