By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 17 April 2000
Beyond a Shadow Puppet of a Doubt
I'm about to let you know what you're in for
in case you want to take notes
and prepare to fail
no spell check
no pop quiz
no Liz Taylor at Betty Ford
lookin' for the Lord
in Haagen Daz and a blue collar honey
my nose is runny but I have a box of generic tissues
so keep your handkerchief in a cool, dry place
my face is covered
I'm in good shape
I won't go ape shit on ya
if you mutate from Luke Skywalker
into Chewbaca
overnight
I don't frighten easily
I'm not a sleazy good luck charm decoration at the
craps table whenever you're on a roll
I extol your losin' streak
I don't speak lightly of my loyalty
it has branded me royalty in some countries
the people who know too much call me
She Who Love Life Muchly Yet at Same Time Say it Suck!!!
if your luck runs out the back door
and you find an IOU scrawled in atrocious cheap red lipstick
on your bathroom mirror
you will find me in your kitchen
bitchin' about right wing politics and overpriced bottled water and
Jimmy Carter because Koko Loko is out of peanuts AGAIN
and the din is enough to make me tear my hair out strand by strand
and demand a refund and board the next Greyhound to L.A.
but along the way I would get out to pay my dues
and lose myself in a dust devil headed toward Flagstaff
you would laugh, I know
and throw caution to the breeze
and with a sneeze soon forget my appeal
still, something about me makes you look back smiling
at my beguiling candy trail
so you sell your stock and follow me
a raindrop
falling
from the
honey tree
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