By Misti
Date: 2002 Apr 09
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Some Will Argue

that true love is destined
carved in stone
fated
there's no escaping it
don't even try
but any other man would have broken both her arms
and quite possibly her legs by now
or at the very least blacked both her eyes
or at the very most left her crying in a
Motel Hell room by the interstate
with not a cent to her name
and no calling card
he probably would have sped off into the moonset
to the nearest road house
looking for a random blow up doll in the flesh
to share the blues with

because she won't use Listerine strips
and she won't shut her honest mouth
she won't leave the house without
a litany of directions and a compass
just in case
her face is too open
her mind is too shuttered
and you would think she hasn't a secret one
but there are a few she may take
to her grave.