'Ballad for the well dressed' by Sarah Godfrey 'Ballad for the well dressed' by Sarah Godfrey

she stood moody
under the white
light above
your front door and

wanted to lean in
to kiss
sulkily you let her
try and

you sat together
on next door’s
bench
smoking cigarettes and

she talked about the
people she hated
you stared at her
red pointed shoes and

wondered how you
could get her
into bed without
trying and

she drank the last
beer in your badly
lit kitchen
you touched her and

she let you
play the mars volta in
the bedroom
while she undressed and

left the room early
next morning black
hair tucked into black
scarf

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