Where Were You?
Where were you when we lay dying,
listening to the north wind's sighing,
where were you in our confusion,
lost in your psychotic delusion.
Where were you when we slipped into Hell,
turning your back as we stumbled and fell,
where were you when all was lost,
ignoring reality at all costs.
Where were you when our lifeboat sank,
rotting in the earth, both cold and dank,
so much for your famed and infamous beauty,
want a mirror now, dear Trudy?
So vain that you put your makeup on,
lipsticked mouth around the gun.
Did you think the cops on the case
would think: my God, what a lovely face.
Where were you when we cleaned up the mess,
brains and bones and blood and flesh.
Your makeup, dear, was void and null,
when you blasted apart your selfish skull.
©Danielle White
Copyright © Danielle White | Year Posted 2009
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