Dangerous Face

Jenny slides the poppy across her lips television blast out a dose of amphetamine bites the midnight smoke acrid windscreen of her dreams flash card party weekends alcoholic one night stand is all it means Tousled beauty on fishnet pavements the one more dollar of the street lights but pretty perfect feels so plastic cat whistle raucous plays the violin of her heart She never feels the devils false start impostor radios bleat, bleat, blah, blah; blah, blah, blah the same old song of certainty merry-go-round of mediocrity accordion ripping at the barking dogs and Jenny drops her puppet then feels so lost Trick twister and knife edge slash the wires says she’s so bored with all this as fantastic friend Pete cries fierce in the streets God damn it he says I want I need to be free Yer but free is a dangerous face a skeletal march of reprobates breaking bargaining chip of the lives we fritter we’ll never have enough of monies dirty litter we'll be singing the tune of sirens arrested in the gutter is all it means Jenny wipes the poppy from her lips as Pete swallows the last drop of vodka and everything else leads to escape and nothing is whatever it was it means the television pukes amphetamine and the radio feeds on her peace only rain drops silent stars lay their carpet on the windscreen of her dreams Tousled hair beauty and fantastic friend Pete say goodbye to the pavements and the streets cruising into midnight searching for escape brighter and bigger things Is that all that it means ?