A Brunette and a Redhead

Bethany Blair 6/20/09 and 6/22/09

* Gear (adj.): British slang for good, fashionable, exciting, interesting, etc. Derived from the homonym Gear (n.) whose object it is to connect, adjust, or fit other mechanical parts together. To make suitable.    More from the Blair Dictionary of International Slang later.

My dearest friends 

One of a kind 

Two souls apart 

Completely different minds 


Comparisons are hilarious 

The differences so striking 

Not only in appearances 

Personalities, too, varying 


My rambunctious redhead 

Loud and always jolly 

Laughingly naïve 

The life of every party 


My practical brunette 

Slightly shy with others ‘round 

Teasing everything I do 

Feet firmly planted on the ground 


Each of them bring out 

A different part of me 

And both clearly know 

Something few others can see 


The friendships are perfectly balanced 

In spite of the many diversities 

And out of all I know in the world 

There are none as *gear as these 



Though they’ve hardly met each other 

Any time fewer than three 

Both would consent emphatically 

In common, they put up with me