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Making It Real Five dollars in my pocket And a brand new Radiohead CD on the shelf This is ripping me. You said you were just browsing, Didn't you? This is the story of my life Right here Wrapped in this plastic, Resistant, Unrecyclable Anti-earth friendly Material. I want it so bad I could taste it. Shoplifting- I am not a thief Just hungry I could lift this right now Nobody would notice. The manager is so busy with Those window displays; And the kids are doing their best Gap billboard imitation cover. I could take a snap shot It would be perfect. I'm counting my blessing As we speak.. one by one, I'm grateful for my health. I'm grateful for my health. I'm grateful for my health. I'm grateful for my stealth... But in the end it would all taste sour Wouldn't it? So I put things back where they belong; And I walk out of the store very sheepishly, Without thinking about it twice. © Em Franco Warehouse Aroma of newly purchased paperbacks So full of promise. Crisp and white. Schoolgirls in tall ponytails, Held back tight. By pink ribbons or A faded corsage. Running home from school. Saddled with a black leather knapsack and other useless belongings. To make their way in; A quick stop at the local record shop, To Rediscover. What we knew all along. Either We're born to early, or too late. © Em Franco Untitled Softly I'm beginning to forget Your face. I cannot tie the mirror Or a photograph With your memory. Like a pear, I can taste grains In my mouth Long after it is gone. But I cannot see your face. You've withered to me. Like weedstalks in My garden. Unkempt, but stays so Changed- And sways in the wind. © Em Franco Accident This is how it happened. Yesterday on my way to work. I stepped on a dead toad... Winter's coming. Have you secured your heart? These songs that haunt you at night... Your face came/ in a flash Unbidden memory. An electric shock/ of sorts... Buckley, I will never hear your voice again. So please play this one last. Soft, so we can hear the men cry. You become so small. A stamp or a xerox copy. You/I never know when to heal. © Em Franco SILENCE Never gives anything- Away He just leaves- it all UP In - The a i r © Em Franco |
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What do I say? How do I say it? © 2000 Em Franco Bonfire contributor |