Stripping the sheets off the bed
Just to put them right back on again
Laughing at a load of laundry
Spinning around, hanging on hardly
Spraying lemon solution on the desk, says it’s organic
It smells good so I guess I’ll believe it
Dusting off the top of the microwave
Sneezing cause of dust on the microwave
There’s no more paper towels, I spilled coffee on the counter
I used a tee shirt because I was distracted
I don’t care if the stain stays there
I only wear it to sleep, whenever
Once in elementary school my friend told me
To only wear clothes you like to bed
In case your crush shows up in your dream
I told her that wasn’t the way it worked and she cried
I asked why she was crying and she told the teacher I was bossy
If I was a bitch, I’m sorry Penny
We wore matching hats and I never forgot about Penny
Penny rode horses and I was jealous
If I had her address, I’d write to her, Penny
Started a load of laundry, cost me a penny
But not really, I think it was my mom’s penny
It has an old white guy on it
How’d they choose which white guy
To put on the penny and on the quarter
I’d be offended if some other guy got the quarter and I was a penny
At least pennies are lucky
Is that why Penny’s mom named her Penny
There’s dust on the ground now, but the vacuum is broken
I guess it doesn’t matter as much as I thought
Grab a lavender latte from the coffee shop
Doubles as a pizza parlor
Why’s a coffee 6 bucks and some change
Not enough cash to tip and now I’m embarrassed
All these people are on dates and I’m alone reading Stephen King
I’d rather read him than date the guy that wouldn’t stop talking about him
Said he was a genius of his craft
And used for lack of a better term like it was a drug
Asked me to go to a basketball game
I told him my aunt died and left the building
Someone invited me to Florida
Why on earth would I want to go to Florida
Stephen’s trying to teach people how to write
Says to not use too many extra words, only say what you need to
But I love saying things I don’t mean to
Maybe that’s why I lied so much in elementary
Made up stuff just for the hell of it
Created a character out of myself as I went
It was like an art project, or more so a collage
Hey, if you’ve got a spare dollar, can we split it?
Bubblegum sounds delicious
We can go out walking
Smell the roses, taste artificial pink frosting
Cookies from the supermarket
Dancing in your boots, you’re overlapping nineteen
Haven’t eaten a vegetable since seventeen
Spending more hours asleep than not
Don’t know why that’s so frowned upon
JD lived in a barn his whole life
I wouldn’t go that extreme
(or date 17 year olds at 43)
Philosophy’s more interesting to stick around for
Then the drama in the basement and on the first floor
Nothing in my system but mushed intestines and fluid
No sun to miss so I sleep through spring
Saw a robin this morning, she reminded me of spring
She flew to me and said “you’re right
there's no reason to stay up when it’s not bright
but i’m glad you’re up, nice to meet you.
Goodbye”
-B
Bela this is so good oh my god
Cheeeeeeaburger. 😘