By Manet > goddess77@mail.utexas.edu
Date: 6 March 2000
i am
i am
fluttering and stuttering and
muttering i love you to a boy
who wants to take me there
forever like a shoe he wears
and wears until the sole is thin
and all the leather's caving in
i cannot see forever
when i cannot see right now
i am still behind the curtain
so how can i take a bow
should i put away my makeup
should i shave off all my hair
like somebody with a statement
with a purpose and some flair
this boy says we can do it
we can make it if we try
that's because he doesn't know me
hasn't seen me when i fly
i could fly away forever far above
the streets and towns i could fly
so far above the earth
and never once look down
would he look at me up in the sky
and try to coax me down
or would he learn to love another
who stays planted on the ground
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