"Nana Never Got Naked"

by Maryann Hazen

Nana never got naked
Wouldn’t think of tellin’ a lie
From her head to her toes
She was covered in clothes
Now you know, she was painfully shy

Nana never got naked
Her hubby would say this is true
Married all of that time
Never glimpsed her behind
Which she kept strictly hidden from view

Nana never got naked
She came into this world fully dressed
No, not one of her kin
Ever caught her in skin
And her birthday suit never got pressed

Nana never got naked
Not even when nana was young
Never swam without hose
Or her skin would expose
Couldn’t guess what to do with a thong

Nana never got naked
She stubbornly claims to this day
She sticks to her guns
She don’t show off her buns
Like those hootchy-koo girls do, they say

Nana never got naked
Or so she would have us believe
But then how I am here
Is a little unclear
Or a trick that she pulled from her sleeve

Nana never got naked
And, at this point, nobody cares
I think that I speak
For the bold and the meek
She don’t hafta be peddlin’ them wares