See That Lady
On the corner Right There?
They would whisper as they walked by

She was married
they say
20 years ago

When She looks up
They go silent,
suddenly shy.

Once out of earshot
the story
gets told

About the Lady on the Corner
who was married
20 years ago

In the stories
They say
that She's crazy, insane!

****** or ******
or some disease
with no name

He didn't exist
Her imagination
ran wild

She was married
They say
20 years ago

He left for France
He said He'd
return

*He'd meet her on
The Corner
Right There

This is how
the story
would go

Every time
we walked by
The Lady who was married 20 years ago

In the stories
They say
that She's crazy, insane!

****** or ******
or some disease
with no name

But if He was real
and He didn't come back
and She waited on the corner until she got hooked on crack

and 20 years
passed
and he still hadn't come

If He was real
and He left
and forgot

Then Her heart
must be breaking
Her mind must have rot

From the ache
and the pain
But worse from hope and from love

This is
Humanity.
All hope is lost.