By ZoE
Date: 22 July 2000
Smiles
Your smile isn't mine
it belongs to the checkout girl at the a&p
it belongs to every girl with long legs that isn't me
it belongs to your mother and her ovenmits
I want to keep it locked up in my screwdriver case just for me
because your smile is such a rarity
because it keeps me living
because it comes just as you leave
my coffee eyed boy
these radioacive waves of lightening
only shatter our dreams
of loving
only make me wish you back into the car
but instead you always slam the door
and walk away
just when I was planning to kiss you
you have such bad timing
I keep trying to be the one for you
stop doing all the things I had wanted to do
keep waiting for you on dangerous avenues
keep kissing air pretending it's you
keep waiting for your smile to rise
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