George Wallace
From BUTTERFLIES & OTHER TATTOOS
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From
THE POEMS OF AUGIE PRIME |
From
BUTTERFLIES & OTHER TATTOOS |
From
TALES OF A YUPPIE DROPOUT |
From
THE MILKING JUG |
From
TIE BACK THE ROSES |
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From BUTTERFLIES & OTHER TATTOOS |
| (Bootleg Press, 1993) you said not there said not this your tongue tied up in knots the sheets too under one knee you ever think i could have stayed away finger- tip to tip babyface pin lip gone white black tie red rose rustling you closing the night out no - opening it up only thing between you and me is this hot sauce milk, and a sugar shaker so which is it going to be honey i'm as real as stainless steel and easier to clean utensils for love in the nineties should be so sterile should be so sweet some women earn love others deserve it i have learned better than to live with angry men letting them humiliate me again and again that's the way daddy used to i stuck a feather into your hair the way the do on tv and seen how you turned indian not like some squaw not you you were jumping around like a painted warrior full of mohawk spirits they surrounded your bed and us hiding on it circle the wagons! i could barely breathe from laughing from fear from desire then you were my indian brave i let you creep into my teepee
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