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Daphne Horton NO WINGS AND FINS AT ALL Lovely Lady Lockheart is so so pretty in pink But when you look real closely, she‘s not what you may think Her eyes you cannot capture although they pierce your skin Her teeth they hold no laughter although they surely grin She‘s like a fallen solider or like a broken wing Your arms you hold out for her, you long to hear her sing She said ―if you are dying she needs a man alive‖ She claimed ―my car is loaded so take me for a ride‖ And out it poured away she soared upon a wooden stick She cast her spell and down they fell like being slapped with bricks She gathered all the Roasters because to waste is sin And then she humbly rationed her wares again and again <strong>Long</strong> lean legs, soft pink skin, watermelons, honey buns, rin tin tins No Wings and fins and all, no wings and fins at all Her eyes they drew me closer, her stench made me confused So slowly I reached out to her to taste of her that dew She laughed so hard and loud at me her deck began to deal She took away my lipstick, she smoked my sex appeal And then she looked me in the eye, my neck my ankle too She said ―no one will want you when I am through with you‖ I never meant to harm her, I fixed her broken wings She shook her perfect pinky and cautioned me one thing No pigs no snails no puppy dog tails No feet no rhyme no money no time No wings and fins at all, no wings and fins at all I took my hair and made a pack together we must stay I placed a backpack on my back that‘s how I spent my day My nights were long and full of sound The morn I could not hear Then off I go and to and fro to where I was not bound I think I saw the Lady, it was like de ja vu ―You must be friends with Linda‖, ―That‘s Ms. Lockheart to you.‖ Her skin her wings her puppies things her sex and your appeal No feet no rhyme no money no time I think you know the deal I always kept my head below my eyes they watch her trail But then he crept up from behind and smacked me on the tail Said I‘ve been looking for you so please tell me your name I‘m Lovely Lady Lockheart the master of the game If you were such a lady you‘d speak when spoken too My collar‘s white my blood is blue don‘t think there‘s nothing new 50
He shook his perfect pointer and cautioned her one thing You‘re like a broken record don‘t want to hear you sing My nickels my dime my city my wine I think I‘ll do just fine, I think I‘ll do just fine I‘m glad to her I humbled to her I owe one thing My heart it often grumbled yet walked a perfect ring To all those that you gathered of all those that you boast I bet they wish they‘d lathered I know you want me most You may have took my stockings or borrowed diamond rings But you will never ever know what true fulfillment brings. 51
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