Ghost Ranch
he wears an expensive houndstooth jacket great shoes
he is scion +dropdead handsome scion to dynasty of
horsethieves bootleg +bookies he is horsey too but not Lauren
she is in black Rita-esq would never wear black in life
thought she killed her mother when poet was 5 Freda in
black cardi at her mother’s deathbed very superstitious writings on the wall
her mother’s stroke in a rocking chair eyes rolled back
oh the horror poet the small witness a cousin who just
died at 97 in Alaska slapped Rita hard across the face
these are not their stories anymore +they are not mine
so why drag ’em around like filthy rags? why?
nature of the fate beast eh
she wears black regularly now turtlenecks slim cropped
trousers long brown hair take the ribbon from your hair
rail thin spirited
she is not my mother anymore recently freed from bondage
to children vomitous-dogs rake husband she is fearless
men line up
she flirts brazenly uses her whip on an as needed basis while
down here i learn to be motherless +free of her dependency not easy
now both on brand new trajectories glory glory Hallelujah!
will you know my name? the one you+Lee Louis Ella+Basie
gave to me Lee if it’s a girl let’s name her Aprill the 2 ll’s
blinking 11:11 11:11 11:11 blue lilacs in your hair i’d know you anywhere
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Winter 2025 ..blue lilacs your deathbed song 3:10 am 14/11/22..
There is a popular belief that making a wish when
the clock shows 11:11 is a powerful time for
manifestation
songanddancegirl 