Trick R Treat
Posted: November 1st, 2008, 12:11 am
she was a flaming redhead that night
her a tart and I a soldier in WWI drag
we met over brandy after trick or treat
it was a chance encounter, it really was
I had met her before, but this time she was a redhead
not the dishwater blonde who had barely caught my attention
and I was a soldier now, not a civilian
simple poet with no medals
I told her that I was shipping out in the morning
attest to what a mask can do
a costume, a facade
it's a spooky night to make a story
touch your lips with brandy on my tongue
we wake up in the morning
no disguises
naked between the sheets
of All Saint's Day
her a tart and I a soldier in WWI drag
we met over brandy after trick or treat
it was a chance encounter, it really was
I had met her before, but this time she was a redhead
not the dishwater blonde who had barely caught my attention
and I was a soldier now, not a civilian
simple poet with no medals
I told her that I was shipping out in the morning
attest to what a mask can do
a costume, a facade
it's a spooky night to make a story
touch your lips with brandy on my tongue
we wake up in the morning
no disguises
naked between the sheets
of All Saint's Day