Flannelette Princess

Performed by Accidental Bedfellows

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My head
Fuzzy like a peach
Body a narrowed nude

At the window
Tugging at tangled strings
Of the knotted shades

I must look to you
Like a crash test dummy
Unveiling the view
Of our wall
You, a framed Botticelli,
Reclined in flowing flannelette
And the wistful glare of a princess bared
Down to her last cigarette

My face
Swept like a beach
A canvas denuded

And the window
Color devoured by sea's
Voracious wind

I must look to you
Like a crash test dummy
Unveiling the view
Of our wall
You, a framed Morelli,
Reclined in flowing flannelette
And the wistful glare of a princess bared
Down to her last cigarette

My hands
Scaled like a creature
Taller once and revered

At the window
A posy of birds
Offering song

I must look to you
Like a crash test dummy
Unveiling the view
Of our wall
You, a framed Modigliani,
Reclined in flowing flannelette
And the wistful glare of a princess bared
Down to her last cigarette

~ Brendan Bonsack 2014



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