When Keoki came we each scrounged
up $30 for the tickets but
still needed money for the tabs so
I lied to my mom and
you lied to your step-mom and
we bought drugs with the money
they gave us from
hard-earned jobs as
social workers and dry cleaners
and we rolled so fuckin hard that
when I touched your hair mine
stood on end.
I danced and wrung out my sweaty shirt
and Mechelle rubbed your back until
I could sit still again beside you
sit still and hold your heart,
your blackdevil rolling heart
in my bleeding hands.
(This was written in the persona of someone close to me, with his grateful permission.)
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"I don't know...I was really drunk at the time."
up $30 for the tickets but
still needed money for the tabs so
I lied to my mom and
you lied to your step-mom and
we bought drugs with the money
they gave us from
hard-earned jobs as
social workers and dry cleaners
and we rolled so fuckin hard that
when I touched your hair mine
stood on end.
I danced and wrung out my sweaty shirt
and Mechelle rubbed your back until
I could sit still again beside you
sit still and hold your heart,
your blackdevil rolling heart
in my bleeding hands.
(This was written in the persona of someone close to me, with his grateful permission.)
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"I don't know...I was really drunk at the time."
