don’t listen too closely
for she’s singing her Suicide song again
with a pocket full of posies
knotted through her belt loop
and ashes [ashes] powdered in her toes.
she’s too bruised for the midnight collision
of her lips and the Pavement
but she keeps running in circles – full tilt –
through the parking garage
looking for the X that marks the spot.
shattered bottles and the Hash Master’s skunky funk
have tattooed dark circles under her darker eyes.
but she keeps singing
and her suicide song is ringing
to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb.
