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.
Aug 12, 2012
Aug 12, 2012 at 11:18 PM UTC
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.
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