Friday, October 17, 2014

the new world

she had a pet lizard
named lizzie,
a dog
named boo,
a cat with no
name, that she
called cat.
she had enough
metal dangling
from her face
to furnish
a tackle box.
the tattoo on
her chest was
a map of the world.
Columbus's world
when he set
sail on the santa
maria across
the atlantic
and got lost.
she wasn't coming
home to meet
your mother and father,
or siblings, or
any friends
that you knew.
but she was very
affectionate
and kind, and made
a mean pot of
delicious beef
burgundy stew.

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