You know how it is
Lilia said
you go to a party
and there's guys there
and *****
and loud music
and you want
to have a good time
and let your hair down
and feel alive
and young and well
you know be there
and make a noise
over the music
and some guy
offers you a drink
and says
you new here?
and you say
no I've been around about
18 years
and he laughs
or pretends to hoping
he may get lucky later
and laughs
and eyes you
and you smile
that smile girls give
and he walks off
and you look around
to see if your friends
are there yet
and they're not
and so you go find a seat
somewhere you can watch
and not stand around
like some *****
and sip the drink
the guy got you
and it's *****
you suppose
and you sip it
although its warm and yucky
and then a friend comes in
with her boyfriend
the one who looks
a bit of all right
and you wouldn't
have minded yourself
but can't move on him
because she's
your best friend
and so she comes over with him
and says hello
and talks to you
and you are looking at her
and smile as she talks
but it's him you look at
over her shoulder
and he's standing there
blue-eyed
and he's sort of moving
to the music
and his head is going
from side to side
and your friend says to the guy
go get us some drinks
and one for Lilia too
and so the guy goes off
and you watch him go
his hips and his body
and talk to her
but it is him you want
and dream she's gone off
with some other
and he's all yours
and you imagine there's room
and bed upstairs
in this big house
of a friend of a friend
and hope to use it
to no good end.
Apr 24, 2016
Apr 24, 2016 at 2:47 AM UTC
You know how it is
Lilia said
you go to a party
and there's guys there
and *****
and loud music
and you want
to have a good time
and let your hair down
and feel alive
and young and well
you know be there
and make a noise
over the music
and some guy
offers you a drink
and says
you new here?
and you say
no I've been around about
18 years
and he laughs
or pretends to hoping
he may get lucky later
and laughs
and eyes you
and you smile
that smile girls give
and he walks off
and you look around
to see if your friends
are there yet
and they're not
and so you go find a seat
somewhere you can watch
and not stand around
like some *****
and sip the drink
the guy got you
and it's *****
you suppose
and you sip it
although its warm and yucky
and then a friend comes in
with her boyfriend
the one who looks
a bit of all right
and you wouldn't
have minded yourself
but can't move on him
because she's
your best friend
and so she comes over with him
and says hello
and talks to you
and you are looking at her
and smile as she talks
but it's him you look at
over her shoulder
and he's standing there
blue-eyed
and he's sort of moving
to the music
and his head is going
from side to side
and your friend says to the guy
go get us some drinks
and one for Lilia too
and so the guy goes off
and you watch him go
his hips and his body
and talk to her
but it is him you want
and dream she's gone off
with some other
and he's all yours
and you imagine there's room
and bed upstairs
in this big house
of a friend of a friend
and hope to use it
to no good end.
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