Not a pretty girl

tiptoeing through the used condoms strewn on the piers off the west side highway sunset behind the skyline of jersey walking towards the water with a fetus holding court in my gut my body highjacked...

I want somebody who sees the pointlessness and still keeps their purpose in mind I want somebody who has a tortured soul some of the time I want somebody who will either put out for me or put me out...

the air comes off the ocean the city smells fishy the air is full of fish and mystery whispering who, what, when I am warning you I am weightless and the wind is always shifting so don't hang anything...

squint your eyes and look closer I'm not between you and your ambition I am a poster girl with no poster I am thirty-two flavors and then some and I'm beyond your peripheral vision so you might want...

the heat is so great it plays tricks with the eye it turns the road to water and then from water to sky and there's a crack in the concrete floor and it starts at the sink there's a bathroom in a gas...

I am not a pretty girl that is not what I do I ain't no damsel in distess and I don't need to be rescued so put me down punk maybe you'd prefer a maiden fair isn't there a kitten stuck up a tree...

I'm sorry I didn't sound more excited on the phone I'm sorry that after all these years I've left you feeling unrequited and alone, brought you to tears I guess I never loved you quite as well as the...

hour follows hour like water follows water everything is governed by the rule of one thing leads to another you can't really place blame cuz blame is much to messy some was bound to get on you while...