MESSIAH
LIKE A LEPER MESSIAH
Flaming red hair pointy nose skeletal around
cheekbones Bowie won + Neil Young stopped
high pitched droning on+on in suburban bedroom
Home after pot +teasing future lawyers Bowie blaring
made jazz-cat father shake his head
Not the ire reserved for Mick Just freaked out in a teenage
wasteland glare when I took off with platform soul +speed
freak’s sister Wandered the streets at 3 am Blind Faith
album cover caused ego to split Why did those little-girl
breasts look so bruised?
Tripping out in front of synagogue where Rabbi with carrot orange
hair presided (all 5 kids gingers too) I knew those streets full of
survivors screaming at dawn Only just making a clean break A fresh
start Still the same rock & roll bitch at heart
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Winter 2017
songanddancegirl 