by Rene Foran
full moon, again
where are you? maybe dead,
probably cheating on me
that's what the girls are sayin'
hang 'em all. filthy sluts
they don't know about us
i'm sleeping in the dollhouse
our bed's just too big for me
too little for all my nothing, nothings
it's okay, but the walls talk too much
and the ceiling is a two way mirror
with a hairline fracture
your "friends" are macking on me
tossing me dime store raindrop roses
and car wash love song collections
they are tramps. i am a lady
i keep my legs crossed
at the ankles
saw a homeless guy on Athens Ave
he had eyes like yours and
the wild tangled hair of a boar
they say everyone has a double
ahhh but that's just my imagination
running with scissors again
oh and i'm knitting a shroud
shut up. i really am.
you'll see it when it's finished.
all for you, babe
fun fact: a doll's legs will twitch
while being scalped
but only for just a little bit
so are you on your way back?
the dogs are howling,
108 of your friends are eating us
out of house and home
it's half past yet another full moon
and my mythological clock is ticking.
Hit it.
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So happy to be the first to cheer this on - Amazing *!
aw, thanks Marcelle! I'm glad you liked it
This is a treat.
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"tossing me card store raindrop roses
and car wash love song collections"
YES!
Enjoyed this piece, Rene. Good work.
So is he on his way back? Time to get out of Dodge. An imagination running with scissors, indeed.
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So very odd. Like it a lot, the sleeping in a dollhouse detail esp. *
Have you read 'The Penelopiad' - Margaret Atwood's version of Penelope's story?
Thanks Roberta
I have never read "The Penelopiad" but I am curious to read Atwood's take on Penelope.
Thank you for the suggestion.
wOW!What a beautiful, energetic, original voice here! Love this!
Fave. Four times through and I'm not done with it yet. This is great!
consider me ranting and raving over this
My favorite part -
saw a homeless guy on Athens Ave
he had eyes like yours and
the wild tangled hair of a boar
they say everyone has a double
ahhh but that's just my imagination
running with scissors again
-just lovely. Truly so.