lilac bedroom, 2001
Hey freak-a-zoid hiding in your bedroom!
The << button on the VHS is rubbing out
how many times will you watch this prom scene?
Oh, look! It’s the Madonna Twins!
How much longer until you figure out who
and what you are?
Summer is playing outside the window but
you’ve closed the curtains to see the screen better.
You’d rather watch other people live
better, made up lives.
It’s not that you want to be Romy, or Michele
(you’re definitely more of a Heather)
But you want freedom, a place of your own:
a nice beach front apartment in LA
but will settle for a flat above the chip shop.
You << the tape again, the lanterns glow,
pastel heteros sway half heartedly
Then: I’ll dance with you Romy
your eyes prickle every time.
