Bovine Excision

Diet Dr. Pepper, Raymond Carver

Sitting in the bathtub while they're knocking

I wanna be untouchable

I wanna be untouchable

You took the door off its hinges

Doll eyes red in the litmus

I felt the pea, can I eat it?

I felt the pea, can I eat it?

Picking leeches off white underwear

Neck, back, inscrutable stare

I wanna be impossible

I wanna be impossible

Fred flirts with the bartender

"We met last year here, remember?"

She says, "I'm old, but I'm not dead"

She says, "I'm old, but I'm not dead"

Rice wine, lime-flavored Lays

Passing go to sit in driveways

Clad in leopard, clutch the banister

Twirling like a Degas dancer

I just wanted to be your friend

Cup of tea in your cold hand

And drained, drained bloodless

And drained, drained bloodless

And drained, drained bloodless

And drained, drained bloodless