Think Pink

THINK PINK Me and Mary once went out for a ride upon the sea I recall swigging down tequila just Mary and me Two huge engines made that boat seem to suggest it could fly Or was it just the tequila, Mary and I? Theresa and I were catholic but God knew we were sin And so he put a curse on us and said “let the madness now begin” Well I grew weaker as her army grew ever stronger As I wondered if my adversary would tire but they only fought longer Theresa was a tomboy with an old straw hat and all I’d lose her every summer and find her every fall We’d fool around with each other in a field of feral corn And making love from twilight to waking up naked in the morn I was wondering recently where Mary ever went And if she ever learned what the word “repent” really meant I wondered what foreign lands Mary might have seen or probably got herself pregnant at seventeen This tale of two ladies is honest and real As honest as that someone invented the wheel And now inside me beats a heart forged of the purest of lead Since I discovered both of my best friends were dead So that’s why I pin a pink ribbon on my tailored shirt Because Mary and Theresa taught me this disease is anything but inert It travels too fast for surgeons and doctors to keep it at bay And that’s why I pray for a cure to breast cancer every blessed day © 2011.….Phreepoetree ~free cee!~