unfinished 8

Crazy Carlotta she walks down the stairs
to the shopping cart full of her life
She could have been somebody's daughter
She might have been somebody's wife
But these are the things that Fate gives us
or we come up with all on our own
And sometimes there are still voices that care
even when you are alone.

And Kat lived next door with long auburn hair
for a small fee it would come undone
depending on what position or skill
or if it was more client than one
She told me I was too greedy to pay
For I'd always want somebody real
They say the tracks just grew one too many
and she'll never have to feel.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

The pennycandystore beyond the El
is where I first
fell in love
with unreality
Jellybeans glowed in the semi-gloom
of that september afternoon
A cat upon the counter moved among
the licorice sticks
and tootsie rolls
and Oh Boy Gum

Outside the leaves were falling as they died

A wind had blown away the sun

A girl ran in
Her hair was rainy
Her breasts were breathless in the little room

Outside the leaves were falling
and they cried
Too soon! too soon!