Emancipated Minor

emancipated minor

well directed and brilliantly casted

riding a greyhound

down to the city

with her fake id

and a hell of a little hand-basket

little game of see-saw

and then he came to claim her

and then a sordid line

formed behind him

reproductive system

newly activated

she participated

in nature's plan

she participated

and i can't say i envy her

i don't think i miss it

wrought iron cobwebbing

over thin

window panes

the city seducing her

on tip-toe to kiss it

don't think twice

just roll the dice

roll the dice

so she attended the dance classes

and she learned the little dance

and she tried the high heels

but she couldn't bring herself to prance

all the while a faint ticking

in the silence between the songs

just south of her gut

two tiny time bombs

and love comes in many forms

and for each she would yearn

hungry as a student

hungry to learn

every flavor of person

every species of intent

with the body pulsing

at the center detent

but all the good graffiti

got painted over in time

and she watched the last faceless chain

replace the last five and dime

and she wondered if the only noble thing

ain't to just to get a big garden

and plant it in the spring

and kiss the city goodbye

in some big graceful gesture

and focus on the moon's groove

and groove with the moon

focus on the moon's groove

and groove with the moon

and i can't say i envy her

i don't think i miss it

wrought iron cobwebbing

over thin