[OCTOBER 6] [ORIGINAL] LIPSTICK WHITE GLOSS ROSE

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Title: Lipstick White Gloss Rose
Day/Theme: October 6, 'Sharing is for Kindergarten'
Series: Original
Rating: G

Sharing is for kindergarten

Says the Athenian to the Spartan

Says the spider to the fly.

Sharing is for kiddies only

Give me wine and poses, honey,

Give me waffles and a special and

Allow me to extend to you an arm.

And you missed it darling, silly,

Stepping off that high glass counter

Like a drunken soldier

Whose feet can’t keep the curb.

 

Sharing is for kindergarten

Come on girl now pin your heart on

Touch that electric sky.

Give me white formica, sister

Ringed with coffee stains and rubies

And forgive me if I tidy up your hair.

Let the strip lights soak you, sweetheart,

Offer up your skin to neon

A night worker’s slow aquarium

A waiting room for girls.

 

Sharing is for kindergarten

Play the field like straining plankton

Fill your fork with pie.

It’s an all night diner, honey,

All your options there before you

Backlit letters on the menu

Like a favourite refrain.

Share the syrup, let it slide down

I’d appreciate a refill

And I wonder if Maria, if it

Really is your name.