When you're drunk in the back of a minivan Around two in the afternoon The world outside becomes an aquarium Sharks with buzz-cuts and button-downs swim by on sidewalks Schools of tiny laughing fish with bangs and handbags follow I wonder what it would be like to get run over by the tram at the outdoor shopping center With that horrible bell ringing the whole time Your bones slowly and carefully snapping and grinding To make way for the shopping fish going from one store to another My friends try and get me to buy some new shoes I want new shoes but I don't want any of these I put an open shoulder bag on a mannequin's head like it's a hat I stand next to a line of mannequins and pose pretending I'm one of them I get bored and chat with the mannequin next to me Me: Tough crowd Mannequin: It's all fun and games for you but this is my job so I would appreciate it if you would stop dicking around and get back to shopping Me: But I don't want any of these shoes Mannequin: Go look at them again and imagine they're puppies I go back and look at the shoes imagining they're puppies I don't want them to get put to sleep but I also don't want tacky cowboy stitching I pull a mannequin's pants down I watch the mannequin's face fill with shame But there is nothing it can do Because its arms are not real