Shoeshine Girl

Shoe shine cover up
Brush off the dust,
Show me the door
I’m seeking the grail,
All the keys in the world…
Useless if they don’t work
On this lock

Play ball!
Swing
Miss
Strike
Story of my life

Throw me a life line
I’m drowning.
Small talk orgy
Never got to the point
Just ice rattling around
In the bottom of a glass
Melting…

The kettle is whistling,
Why don’t you go check it?
Evaporation…
Disintegration…
Never did anyone any good
Unless they were on the run
I’m more inclined to walk
Shoe shine cover up…

Last frontier
She says it’s gone
I say, we’re just
Not there yet
Jack up the car
Flat tire has let
Me down again
Scuffed my shoes

I’m tired of polishing…

~Jennifer Rapier-Milne