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“I always knew a big boat would come and take me away.”

“Bare feet on a cobblestone street, then a beach,
then a splash on my ankles, my knees, then my thighs
and my eyes open wide, I threw myself right into the sea.”

“I would if I could; but I can’t, so I don’t.
My heart breaks too easy; my words get all jumbled
and when I wear lipstick then no one understands me at all.
They think I’m saying hello and goodbye, and hello and goodbye…
What I’m really saying is…”