Bettie

Once I wrote
a crazy ass post
on Craigslist
as I walked off
in search of America
Kind of obvious I have a thing for
Bettie Mae Page
So I thought what the hell, why not
And I wrote something about my Dream
Thinking to myself
Notorious
A young girl
abused
Bettie
Her father went to prison
Page
A woman
Beautiful
Violent to those close to her
Clinical Schizophrenia
Didn't she have
A great cult figure

Sure. It was a Craigslist
It was written to find someone
But who I really want
is to see the dog and butterfly
the Dark Angel
but no dead woman ever answered the ad
So I took it down

Indian woman - why does your husband
walk so far in front of you?
are you not proud?
You are always so far behind
One word came the answer
One word the reply:

"Landmines"