Pearl coated fender guitar picks
Cast reflections upon her ear
I could just play a note, a melody with those lobes,
One that could move a statue to tears
All pink and tan, I could just kiss them, nibble a tune,
And she’s never too late and she’s never too soon
Empire waisted Barbie dolls
Shaved, like cancer victims, shaved bald
At 6 o'clock she plays pretend, between the floorboards and her bed,
Stares at them endlessly, endlessly enthralled,
Humming off key an off key tune,
And she’s never too late and she’s never too soon
Never too late
Too late
Late late late late late
Too late
Too late
She doodles in the margins of her German bible,
Mohawks and black people and aero planes,
And she wonders late at night as her dreams fly a kite,
Whether or not she’s insane
And the cars streaking by drone out a tune,
And she’s never too late and she’s never too soon,
Sometimes when I smell shaving cream,
I wonder, wonder, if it was all a dream,
If the girl I refused, if she, she were my muse
Then is anything as it seems
So I nibble my kazoo, hum out a tune,
And she’s always too late and she’s always too soon
And she’s always too late and she’s always too soon
She’s too late
Too late
Late late late late
Too late
To be soon
Pearl coated fender guitar picks
Cast reflections upon her ear
I could just play a note, a melody with those lobes,
One that could move a statue to tears
Tears.
Author notes
Um...I know waisted isn't really a word, at least by spell checks standards, but it fits, okay?
Based, well, more slightly inspired by my new obession with Regina Spektor ( her old work people, don't you even mention "Begin to Hope", oh my god, the sell out)
yeah...
this poem is about my muse as a person, if it's makes any sense...
~Hippie
Regina Regina Regina...says...FRICKIN COMMENT!
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I like the too late to be soon. Not that I get it but I'm high on Ianto and Jack making out in season 2 episode 3 of Torchwood.
I like the german bible picture, I want what that makes in my head on a piece of paper stuck to the cover of my exercise book.
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I really thought the german bible stanza was the strongest...the rest of the poem started out in a completly different direction, and once I saw how fablous the rhyme scheme was, I was forced to go back and rearrange all the other stanzas so they matched...I sure hoped it worked...
The never too late, never too soon bit is referring partially to how inspiration never should hit too late or too soon...in a perfect world...sometimes, it never comes at all...
The line also refers to someone I know...hehe
~Hippie
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I've never seen a statue cry, but with this I wouldn't doubt it. You certainly moved me...
Not many people truly render me speachless.... but maybe that's why I love you.
It's so soft, licks of images, teasing. Good stuff, well done.
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Awww, I love you too...
I really think this one could work in the style of song I envisioned it...I realized last night though, that my muse, by god, she's...always been in front of me...hard to explain, but the person who has most inspired me, I've finally realized who she is...kind of weird, the people you grow up around can have such impacts on you...
~Hippie
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