Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Ladies First



sometimes
I wonder
did your friends
warn you
like mine
warned me?

did they look in those
sugar eyes sugar?
beware of that boy
he's not what he seems
he's poison
so controlling
maybe a firm hand on
your shoulder
maybe two hands
on two shoulders
make that eye contact
really count
we don't trust him

and you'd smirk a bit
roll sugar eyes
eyes I'll never
look into again
at least not
while I pump

it's a funny thing
when no one's pulling
for your love
when you feel attacked
how isolating
that can be
me and you against the world
me and you against the fucking world
me and you fucking against
isolated insulated
protecting and protected

and the bombs
and the shells
they were hitting
they were landing
around and somewhere
above us
shocked our world
rocked our apartment
plaster dust snowed onto shaved heads
chandeliers swung
fixtures unfixed
lights dimmed
on and off

in the end
in the last days
the isolation was maddening
a fever
a bunker

Adolf and Eva

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