Thursday, March 11, 2010

Can I live?

looking down from the highest rise 
contemplating rebirth catching concrete 
imbedded eyes as they glance 
at the new runaway drawn in faded paint 
    
   with enough baggage for exploitation’s  
to have a pretty face resolution

no don't take your panties off for 
the illusion - only the hallucination 
     confusion steering you in opposite directions
           streetlights don't guide pedestrians 
to heaven 

     listen to the ghost whispering 
over your shoulder reminding you 
that you still have that pretty red dress 
that thursday jazz cats have yet to use 
for inspiration for their next attempt 
to define blue notes

do you remember the first time someone 
bought you a drink sip whiskey shot 
as 
    he crept away to pray in the bathroom 
that you'd fall for his best attempts

it was the first time you undressed without 
guns drawn because he fooled you into 
thinking that you two wanted the same thing 
for Christmas

asked yourself what is this and 
how should it feel like
 is it real life?! 
why have i been drawn to this appeal 
(sigh?) 

because mama and papa 
weren’t there…
they were way over 
where?
too busy to teach you that 
everyone swears the age of innocence 
is short,

     and there's little time to be taught about 
men, women, snakes & apples

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