no one was offended

we had

terms of endearments

for our

friends when we were young.

Johnny

was jumbo

because of his massive

size,

Ernesto was

coffee bean, because

he was as dark as one,

Pat

was pasty, again

because of his skin

color.

Sally was blondie

for her wild

curly locks,

and Georgia

was Mae West for two

obvious reasons.

of course there was

Slim Jim,

and Stumbles,

Pointdexter and Brainiac

who had

an answer for everything.

if you didn't have

a nickname,

you didn't feel loved.