![She was type and archetype
She was Suzanne Sommers
in a white T-bird in American Graffiti
Lee Meredith in The Producers
and Marilyn in anything - or nothing
She was in ten thousand jokes
five of which might have been funny
She was Gentlemen Prefer playing on a loop
in the elevator of the Platine Hotel in Paris
reminding us over and over "I can be smart when it's important but most men don't like it"](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Blonde.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
The Blonde
![She was type and archetype
She was Suzanne Sommers
in a white T-bird in American Graffiti
Lee Meredith in The Producers
and Marilyn in anything - or nothing
She was in ten thousand jokes
five of which might have been funny
She was Gentlemen Prefer playing on a loop
in the elevator of the Platine Hotel in Paris
reminding us over and over "I can be smart when it's important but most men don't like it"](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Blonde.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
IQ
The front of your brain may have an IQ
of two hundred and twenty two
And you wonder why it isn’t there
whenever there’s a scare
But just try to remember
as soon as you get past the fear and pain
as soon as you can remember again
The IQ of the back of your brain
is one, and the survival
of the one