Three Days Notice

Three Days Notice

© @aladreth antoinette brown



If I traded it all, if I gave it all away for one thing, just for one thing, if I sorted it out, if I knew all about this one thing, wouldn't that be something? - Finger Eleven


"It's hard to get by when your arse is the size Of a small country." - Divine Comedy





Three days notice

how about three and half
in Native country

drawn, drowned in tears

bounder
blounder
blunder
fleet
sleep

Take aspirin.
It's good for the body.

Eat banana.
It's good for the body.

Mark lines,
chase me,

never leave me

I remember that
Sunday morning
on the way to church
my atheist boy and me

It was sunny and hot,
the air was fresh,

we stopped at a bagel shoppe
and I ordered lox

he warned me against it ~
even wagged his finger
in my face

"You'll hate it."

"You're wasting your money."

But I like salmon!

And I'm stubborn.
When I put my mind to something
I will not give in

so I ate the nasty lox

and anyone who tells you
it ain't nasty,
they are lying

(I don't care
how posh they are)

Even the trees swayed
to hypnotize
as we sat on very small chairs,

much too small
for the size of our arses
(even tho,
you are right!
you do have a tom cruise arse!)

It was such a beautiful morning

and that afternoon
I loved you so hard
I pulled a groin
in my muscle

(or the other way around -
when you are a captive of
love, nothing makes sense)

that night we sat on top
of each other,
listened to the garden sing
in harmonicas and banjos
and teased the johnny
who poured our drinks

you returned to
that shit boygirl boy
who watched you while you slept
and sat bare bottomed
on your chair

I came home
and tried to live without you

you can see
I make a miserable
bloody mess
of that

Today I discovered
someone I really like
lives in the most god-awful
ugly blue house

and I like them so much,
they are so damn cool,

but I'm stubborn,
so I'm going to still hate
that ugly blue house.