pretty_things
sotto voce
i
remember
writing
such
pretty
things
and
thinking
beautiful
thoughts
but
when
i
opened
my
mouth
out
poured
inarticulate
and
ugly
reeking
of
artlessness
and
screaming
, "
awkward
phrasing,
please
review
."
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...
lycanthrope
the
worst
...is
that
i'm
not
even
competing
with
actually
said
phrases
...i'm
trying
to
compete
with
the
invisible
perfect
words
...with
emotional
abstractions...reactions
rather
than
exact
meaning
...i
don't
care
what
i
say
...i
just
want
that
smile
from
you
...or
that
laugh
...or
that
something
else
...how
am
i
supposed
to
know
what
i'm
not
doing
right
when
i
don't
even
know
where
to
start
?
damn
pretty
things
!
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...
jay hernandez
but
when
you're
a
pretty
face
like
me
...you
don't
have
to
do
anything
...just
face
them
...and they'll
do
the
work
for
you
...they'll
tell
you
how
pretty
you
are
...try
it
some
time
020315
...
maxwell
or
sometimes
...you
don't
need
words
even
...you
can
just
croon
high
,
have
a
slightly
unchartable
rhythm
...it'll
throw
them
off
...you'll
feel
familiar
yet
alluring
...sometimes vehicle
is
content
...ooooh
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...
dionysos
How
they
glisten
.
How
they
shine
.
I
wish
that
they
were
mine
Half
-good
but
not
evil
-
make
me
feel
so
very
fine
.
Oh
my
,
my
,
my
...so
pretty
I
could
cry
When
I
saw
them
for
the
first
time
,
I
thought
that
I
would
die
So
pretty
so
pretty
those
pretty
little
things
So
pretty
so
pretty
those
pretty
little
things
I
can't
stand
the
temptation
,
wanna
touch
but
I
don't
know
Shiny
bright
and
squeaky
clean
-
pretty
little
things
I
love
them
so
Pretty
things
are
kind
of
wicked
-
make
my
sick
heart
feel
so
glad
I'm
sure
that
nothing
so
pretty
could
be
bad
...
Complicated
as
a
flower
glamorous
as
anything
Dangerous
and
evanescent
-
yes
oh
yes
those
pretty
things
Boiling
up
and
bubbling
over
warm
and
soft
and
simmering
Make
me
holler
and
sing
-
Pretty
pretty
little
things
...
Shriekback, "
Pretty
Little
Things
"
from
Big
Night
Music
(
1986
)
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