Let's Pretend
Let's Pretend
Life isn't painful
And, love conquers all
Let's say
It's how you get up
And, not how you fall
Let's drowned in cliches
And, choke on the words
Let's read a good poem
And, live by one verse
Can we say that we're heroes?
Fighting this place?
Dominating evil
As we live off of the taste
Maybe we'll be vampires
And live for All Time
Can we just turn into words-
And live inside a rhyme?
How do we escape-
And, were do we go?
Let's say this is a Feature Film
And, not just a TV Show
Where we are the actors
And, life is the script
Can I be the spider-
If you get bit?
Say I am a widow
And, the venom is you
And I'll live in a glass house
When you live in a shoe
Can we make believe
That life is actually 'fair'
Can we pretend-
When we no longer even care?
Let's move to the 'big apple'
And, take a bite out of crime
Let's pretend that we're gangsters
In some Japanese rhyme
I'll be the body
And, you the tattoos
Up and down the chest
How much ink did they use?
I'll be a good joke
With you the punchline
I'll be the jail cell
When and if you do time
Can we just evaporate
Into thin air?
Will you be the ferris wheel
If I'm the fair?
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poem by Nicole Settimi
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