By the guppy
Date: 9 December 1999

express line

your tongue is tied in knots
and i'm not knowing you from supermarket discount brands
your heart is glowing
you are showing that your better than
the tabloid photos taken and
twisted, smeared by other hands
meeting more than my demands
you'll not be silent very long
if i am gone
i will be posted there
alongside shopping stares
and glaring homeless folks from outside
pressed on windows, wondering who it is that cares
i'll not be there
not be squinting at your face
from twenty paces
hoping just to hold your place in line
i'll not be so blind again