Her hair, the let-downShe led us all to hell:Her face fell, downEyes at the descendCheeks collapse to chinHer boulder shoulders tumble …CrevasseThe humptyThe dumptyThe broken half her blue robin’s eggUn-jiggedFrom dancingbig-timebuddha-babeblack-dressedbawdybosomyHas our heroine withered, fromLarger-than-life, toLonely grasshopperShorn of songSurrendered. Clicks unsure heels from the mezzanineDares no longer sing. Oh, dearie, weDare no longer sing |
