Honestly
I want a schizophrenic girlfriend
Who takes her cat on the subway
Who wears only black, gray, and red clothes
And runs after taxis in the rain
Drenching her hair
She doesn't know how to do taxes
But quotes lines from The Simpsons all day
Making a mess eating Turkish food
Teasing with unspoken thought
Always between jobs
She knows what she likes, but not why
Disillusioned, disinterested, sullen, afraid
Disappearing behind a glass of bourbon
She rolls over and sleeps until 11:00
Never understanding me
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 490 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
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