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she says the unexpected things
the things which only jaded
comedy writers laugh at.
cancer, starvation, ethnic tensions
have no reign over her
minnowy burrowing sharp
crack against glazed
eyes glass voice.
subversive, but she likes
money, her body, maybe
even long walks on the beach
(if they're clean and have substance?)
platonic friendships
with late show hosts off camera.
And sex.
Jokes about being spanked exist
in her canon.
She comments on
and forgives herself
and so possibly will forgive you too.
especially if you like to spank.
A joke is between blame
and forgiveness.
surprise.
She is always the suffering
girlfriend in movies.
A bridesmaid.
She takes what's beneath her
(right up my alley)
but lets you know
it with a little less
deadpan than usual.
Less glimmer.
Less not particularly interested
in you sunshine.
That's how the sun is
and yet people love the sun.
I want her to play her in a movie.
I want her to talk to the camera
like it's the romantic lead.
But just that in her taking of movie roles
she has both resigned tenderness
and passive agression.
Two bumpers we all need against us,
in the night, in the early morning.
Love me, my half imagined angel
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