That’s no figment in my
pocket;
That’s a growing pain.
—Lauren Shufran
Please kindly remind me which one
of you is just the pretty face? And
is it be kind, rewind? Please kindly
remind.
(I wanted to end there, but)
Desire was tough to come by back in
those days. She wanted it all. And
honest.
Who wouldn’t? She showed
her roses at the county fair late last
year.
Later that night, she shoved her
roses into a tiny mailbox while some-
body somewhere shoved his tiny
berated trip to the moon. “Them’s
the shakes,” moans nobody, while
shifting gears or slamming on the
brakes.
And who was she kidding
after all. She still wants it all.
“And honestly,” we all wonder (just
a
tad too audibly), “who wouldn’t?!”
