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Porcelain

from Aquitaine by Kristin Witko

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She’s like a sister to them.
She parses boys from the
men
(-dacious little mixer!)
(a thinspiration picture!)

But there’s another blunder to mend,
and now we wonder,
‘Whose original sin?’
Porcelain’s again.

She’ll bite the bullet this time,
she’ll fill his gullet,
though commentary’s coming
from other scary women.

Decisions are no fun to defend!
She’s torn asunder.
Who wants a bestest friend?
Porcelain again.

Hey you…yeah!

I saw it,
and you’re never going to try
long as you got the voice to cry,
long as you got the lust for lullabies,
long as you want the baby’s rockabye.

Bye-bye

She’ll wear a hundred hats!
She’s proud to say that,
‘Sincerity’s a cinch
for ladies in a pinch.’

She never asks to borrow a dime,
dines with the whiners.
Who has the biggest grin?
Porcelain’s boyfriend.

While baby’s just round the bend
she wants to listen
to elemental voices,
make customary choices,

and don’t you rock the boat that she’s in!
We’re taking votes now:
‘Who has the thinnest skin?’
Porcelain always wins!

Fine. You win.

I saw it,
and you’re never going to try
long as you got the voice to cry,
long as you got the lust for lullabies,
long as you want the baby’s rockabye.

Won’t say that she didn’t try.
All thru the bad time:
surprises for the kinder,
a prize of toil and cinders;

but when you got a husband to keep
then princess has got to sweep
underneath the rug
a lifetime for a hug.

The meek inherit nothing but this:
a world of listless
and dysfunctional functions,
the known and unknown unknowns.

Beatific and ready-to-wear,
hush-hush and there-there:
our everlasting friend,
Porcelain born again.


I saw it.

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from Aquitaine, released July 26, 2013

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Kristin Witko Abbotsford, British Columbia

I thought, "Could Kylie Minogue, Rolling Stones (69-73) & Cocteau Twins become as 1 via my Mac? (It didn't really pan out.)"

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