By: Lisa Marie Basile
This is how we sway when we're waiting in the doorway
of a freight train. this is how we sway
when we are caving in
and the hay is stuck wet in the folds of our elbows and knees
and we can't breathe because the air is too sticky and we're
too busy crying because we'll never come home
and mostly we're right because this is when we
ran away and got naked at 160 mph.
When you take me in your hands
and say you love me, kid
I come back with just that in your southern accent
and I do have a conscience because I feel bad that
you think it's endearing
but I figure if I fake the sound I can fake the meaning
you can gamble and lose
or you can win
but i'm all imitations
