With your La-Dee-Da-Hands

A poem from my self-published collection "(interrobang) lament for lost time" available here: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/straydogblues

With your La-Dee-Da hands,

               With your hopscotch hairdo,

-You’ve got my attention.

And you’ve heard ‘bout my bad “reputation”

-With open arms

               We don’t care,

                              No, not anymore.

But! Button up,

We’re going out.

               Do you take coffee or tea?

She won't take anything

               Unless it belongs to me.

You aren’t helping my sanity.

I’ll be deaf, dumb, and happy before long.

But, please, pay no mind to this:

               (disregard these parentheses)

It’s okay to goof off sometimes

               (in the setting indigo sun)

It’s okay to forget the opium struggle

               (track marks leading over the edge-

he keeps the syringe behind the fridge)

It’s okay to forget how to spell

               (in luv, in space)

It’s okay to be more than okay

(X)

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Strike a match,

Go on strike,

               Put your arms down,

                              Take a dive,

And let’s have a skyscraper sing along,

               Lets sing-song,

                              Lets ring a bell.

               Ding-Dong.

Shh…

               You’ve got it all wrong.

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All of the stars are drunk,

               Alcohol,

Paranormal, pretty penny.

I’ve got no money.

               (X) try again.

All of the stars are drunk,

And the both of us?

                              In love.

I’m hot,

               But you’re cold to the touch.

In a happy/strange way,

                              We’ll kiss,

               And recreate a lukewarm fantasy.

Sometimes,

               You can find youth in the playfulness of a dream,

It’s not so hard, it’s so easy,

               To find peace with you,

In pieces of you,

                              All of you.

“To find love in a beautiful day dream”

Reviews

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I adore this! So raw and real.