Not A Pretty Girl

Ani Difranco Not A Pretty Girl Album

2.Tiptoe

Tiptoeing through the used condoms
Strewn on the piers
Off the west side highway
Sunset behind the skyline of jersey
Walking towards the water
With a fetus holding court in my gut
My body highjacked
My tits swollen
I'm sore
The river has more colors at sunset than my sock drawer ever
dreamed of
I could wake up screaming sometimes
But i don't
I could step off the end of this pier
But i've got shit to do
And i've an appointment on tuesday
To shed uninvited blood and tissue
I'll miss you i say to the river
To the water
To the son or
Daughter i thought better of
I could fall in love with jersey at sunset
But i leave
The view
To the rats
And tiptoe back