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# Beck and Call
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/beck-and-call/
- Published: 2021-09-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: I couldn't bear her rude dismissal and so kept practicing my whistle -- pursing my lips together so, and as per her instructions, blow now at your service, Ms. Bacall you might say, at your beck and call
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

I couldn't bear her rude dismissal  
and so kept practicing my whistle  
\-- pursing my lips together so, and as per her instructions, blow  
now at your service, Ms. Bacall  
you might say, at your beck and call

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2788595-beck-and-call