Girlflower + Lucy she wears her body like a dress on a girl who's never worn a dress this fine before she bats icicle eyelashes and crosses her arms like lace she can't keep clean and her shoes are satin red and the straps are much too tight against her pale legs and her dress is much too long and her shoes are much too high she wears them well +++ she wears tulle to Rite-Aid and presses children's band-aids around her neck to make the strangers wonder she wears black velvet dresses and fake violet furs to the movies but never romances ivory lace flutters about her body as she explores casinos in these weird, confused undertones tourists wish congratulations even though she's alone <--- back * home * next --->