Bettie
The most emo girl
I’ll ever know
Bettie
Her smile was a bright light
At the Darkroom
petite and sweet
cute to boot
Her kind green eyes
found mine
Full of tears and fear
mascara smeared
She took me by the hand
She led me to the sound
She pulled me in to dance
and sing along to mad songs
Played by her man and his band
He planned a fallacy
We sang loud, we screamed
We jumped up and down
And we were okay, lost in a rare moment
But we woke up with no voice
Our hearts crushed, was it lust?
Were we really stupid *****?
Perky **** with cotton candy wits, huh?
It’s a good thing
you’re so pretty
Because you’ll find
a man to marry
As long as you keep
Your mouth shut
and your legs open
Not too much
Not too little
I wish I could take away your pain
Because it’s deep in me too
#MeToo was too late for you
It’s tragic it’s too late to relate
kindred spirits separate
No click click to get on with
Left here holding the pain.
They say you’re at peace
I hope you are, you deserve it
It was too much and it had to stop
No one would listen
now there is a spot missing
For you on stage
We should be singing together
About how we’ve had enough
We should be screaming together
About their gaze and graze
their misogynistic
Mind games that
Stole our innocence
and buried us in shame
You should still be here
Putting men in their places
I say wait, my heart breaks
anger rises because
Another one skates away
They should be gone
They should live with shame
But they just skate away
Why do I only relate with the ones below?
Suicidal role models
The world cries when it’s too late
I heard your song but was too far away
RIP Sweet Marci. https://www.thesexismproject.com/***-industry#/bettie/