Sunday, February 10, 2008

Poetry

She's got a little backpack

and a frame that's not quite a woman, maybe 15

he's got black hair and died blond locks, ( same age as her)

hanging straight in his eyes

& a perpetual grin

trying to signify, irony and awareness

but it really conceals

akwardnesss and shyness, I sense

She dances and jumps up and down

as the sound system plays techno/punk music

he grins and nods, and then it's the Buzzcocks

She jumps some more

he's still grinning and nodding

She has Doc Marten like shoes and dark hair dyed a reddish tint

& eyes that are beautiful

as only a womans or girls eyes can be

They're nerds and outcasts

trying to turn their unpopularity

into a private crusade

He doesn't say anything

& she jumps a little more

& they'd never believe

How perfect I see them

or how perfect

they are now

or that they'll ever be