Friday, 21 March 2008
Halong bay
Trip
Son
I want a red dress.
I want it flimsy and cheap,
I want it too tight, I want to wear it
until someone tears it off me.
I want it sleeveless and backless,
this dress, so no one has to guess
what's underneath. I want to walk down
the street past Thrifty's and the hardware store
with all those keys glittering in the window,
past Mr. and Mrs. Wong selling day-old
donuts in their café, past the Guerra brothers
slinging pigs from the truck and onto the dolly,
hoisting the slick snouts over their shoulders.
I want to walk like I'm the only
woman on earth and I can have my pick.
I want that red dress bad.
I want it to confirm
your worst fears about me,
to show you how little I care about you
or anything except what
I want. When I find it, I'll pull that garment
from its hanger like I'm choosing a body
to carry me into this world, through
the birth-cries and the love-cries too,
and I'll wear it like bones, like skin,
it'll be the goddamned
dress they bury me in.
I want it flimsy and cheap,
I want it too tight, I want to wear it
until someone tears it off me.
I want it sleeveless and backless,
this dress, so no one has to guess
what's underneath. I want to walk down
the street past Thrifty's and the hardware store
with all those keys glittering in the window,
past Mr. and Mrs. Wong selling day-old
donuts in their café, past the Guerra brothers
slinging pigs from the truck and onto the dolly,
hoisting the slick snouts over their shoulders.
I want to walk like I'm the only
woman on earth and I can have my pick.
I want that red dress bad.
I want it to confirm
your worst fears about me,
to show you how little I care about you
or anything except what
I want. When I find it, I'll pull that garment
from its hanger like I'm choosing a body
to carry me into this world, through
the birth-cries and the love-cries too,
and I'll wear it like bones, like skin,
it'll be the goddamned
dress they bury me in.
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Pretty girl
Spring summer fall in winter dreams
Those are shining like a star
They keep whispering
I’m so in love with you
Spring summer fall in winter love
It is breezing to my heart
And it keeps telling
I’ll make you a rainbow smile
I remember when we were angles
When we dreamed about us
All my days were happy
Just like a snowy Christmas
I wish I’d a have them always
Every step I make writes a story
It is full of the heart
Feeling love of my life
And missing friends of my time
I wish I’d have them all
Those are shining like a star
They keep whispering
I’m so in love with you
Spring summer fall in winter love
It is breezing to my heart
And it keeps telling
I’ll make you a rainbow smile
I remember when we were angles
When we dreamed about us
All my days were happy
Just like a snowy Christmas
I wish I’d a have them always
Every step I make writes a story
It is full of the heart
Feeling love of my life
And missing friends of my time
I wish I’d have them all
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