By Misti
Date: 2001 Nov 02
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Beguiling By Age 12

Cigna isn't a savior
when you're a mad
dizzy woman
without a proper
diagnosis
snapping
cracking
falling apart
in a Mexican restaurant
hearing the latest Jesus anecdote
at the next table
feeling the stares
wanting to stand up and
scream
Didn't Your Mama Raise You Any Better
Than THAT?!!!
damning Darwin again
what did he know?
oh, yeah
guess that makes more sense
than a man and his rib
and a garden tainted with bad fruit
and a talking snake
Jesus isn't a savior
when you're talking in Tarot
feeling the burn and the shame
looking for symbols in the midst
of an amoral apocalypse
all the horsemen can't put it back together
light as a feather I pretend to float
buying kitsch at the Goodwill downtown
buying What's That? blue nail polish
Manic Mahogany level 3 hair dye
enough pills to keep the killer clowns at bay
for thirty days
a haze is nice to stroll through
on a day off
I've got my talismans
my new Peppermint Patty PEZ dispenser
my OJ library for my third screenplay itching
to happen
the washateria isn't all it should be
but I appreciate our new Trivial Pursuit game
it has all the answers
"What cynic once told Charlie Brown:'If you're not
beguiling by age 12, forget it'?"
(Lucy)