Karen Revisited

Heard your name the other day

it's been a long

long time

Ancient history

some would say

another state of mind

You smell of memory felt-tipped electric child

She takes a plastic pill

she plays the weatherman

She screams "Religion kills more than it saves you

man"

She painted filigrees

she was the acid queen

She claims society is just a fever dream

Now you live in the trees and salty seas tripping out in the blue skies

You shut the door on everything too busy getting high

And me

just another dream theory lost inside your eyes

She's not in your history books

lost her mind and kept her looks

Down beneath the radar screen

she's lit up like gasoline

Been throught a million kicks looking for the one that sticks

Never would've known it then

I might not see her again

Top hats and tails for thrills

red lips and famous hands

Sidelong and glancing still in tiny dancer land

We kissed

time slipped

hard edged

tight lipped

See you some time

ask me if I care

Karen

miss communication

Karen

Karen