Natural

2006

Jack tells me it’s ok to feel pale

And ill will towards myself.

 

Jill tells me to take one before bed

One before waking up as well.

 

Do we all break ourselves when we fall?

Cause they both went up the hill,

 

And I can still buy Natural Spring from the grocery store,

What the hell do I need a bucket for?

 

There is silence in my ears except the ringing.

Eleven raped, eight fires and five kittens born this week…

On the news show.


What the hell are these small cracks and

Too much fat in my face skin?

 

No worries I’m saving up for

Botox and Liposuction.

 

I’m pretending to smile at my neighbor

As long as both hands are visible.

 

He stares right through the pains in my house

He watches my reality shows on cable.

 

You’d better mow/clip/cut and water the lawn

And close up the property with gates and fenced dogs.

 

What’s that you say, you’ve spilled the beans – we can use bleach

To clean the sheets and linoleum seams.

 

And what else is too dirty to be seen,

What else needs anti-bacterial statusing?

 

Call me maniacal or just call me by my name

But I like to think this is just natural. 

 

 

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