COMPLIMENTS

            THERE’S NOTHING LIKE A COMPLIMENT
            TO MAKE A PERSON SMILE
            IT TENDS TO LIFT THEIR SPIRITS
            MAKES THEM HAPPY FOR A WHILE

            COMPLIMENTS CAN DO MANY THINGS
            TO FLATTER OR PROVE A POINT
            CAN BE USED TO GAIN ADVANTAGE
            OR TO THE WORTHY ONES ANOINT

            YOU CAN SAY, “YOU LOOK NICE”
            OR, “YOU HAVE A PRETTY SMILE”
            “HAVE YOU LOST SOME WEIGHT?”
            NO ONE’S FEELINGS WILL YOU RILE

            COMPLIMENTS CAN ALSO BE DANGEROUS
            INDEED THEY CAN BE A TRAP
            “YOU’RE NOT AS UGLY AS YOU COULD BE”
            COULD GET YOUR FACE SLAPPED!

            FOR IT IS INDEED A COMPLIMENT
            AT LEAST IT SEEMS THAT WAY TO ME
            BUT I CAN NEVER FIND A WOMAN
            WHO WITH ME THEY WILL AGREE!