harelip

i am the harelip, give me one more kiss, we'll have a mardi gras on deserted streets, fingers and forceps, raw meat and muzak, the bubbles in the wine keep the nerves dead, i was awake all through the surgery, the people dancing, laughing, all for me, you sewed me up but it will never heal, will i forget then learn to smile some day?, potbellied sick bed, all scars and sweet breads, a lonely vacation on your own disney parade, it's all that he has, clamped up by walkmans, a midnight waiting room, hear the distant screams, i was awake all through the surgery, the people dancing, laughing, all for me, you sewed me up but it will never heal, will i forget then learn to smile some day