she was a regular flamingoall pretty pink on the outsidebut with darker hues withinthat girl went all softly softlyto catch this monkeyshe’d taken down my particularsand made an inventory of all my shortcomingsshe said she’d fix my shit goodthat didn’t wash well with meshe was going to burn me downregulate my casual symmetryand shear off my bollocks for her silver servicethat’s how it wasshe had