Wanderling❁

Escape into

 

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everyone says we escape from things

from reality

from danger

from pain

but I say we escape into things

into peace

into someone's arms

into a waking dream

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Lady cigarette

 

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make me your Lady Cigarette

nothing fancy, no paper thin gold

just smoke me out

my glitter, my ash, my whisper, in your veins

holding me rolled up all tight

clinging to the anthem of my drag

(tell you my secrets)

 

that's not your hand when you hold me

I own you, you're mine

got you caught between my scissored fingers

edges cut by diamonds, my curves

colder than the shoulder I gave you

if I was a drink

you'd take me over ice

too bad I'm just a wisp of a woman

a spirit in your American Dream

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They are simple

 

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I search and search for the right words

under rumpled bedsheets

between stacks of our photos

inside drained cups of tea

only to find that they are here and they are simple

"yes" and "of course" and

"see you when I fall asleep"

in the space between you and me

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