<font color=darkviolet>Another one for Cassandra.
15 minutes
spent playing the guitar,
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<font color=darkviolet>The air between us is taut
as a bow strung
ready to fire
given the slightest provocation.
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<font color=darkviolet>As women,
why are we never satisfied?
If our hair is brown,
we want blonde.
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<font color=darkviolet>Don’t mistake me for a brat,
For I’m certainly not that.
But I do like people to pay attention,
When I have something I’d like to mention.
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“Weekend”—how I scoff at that archaic term,
I’m not sure—but I think
it refers to a time many days past
when periods of work were measured
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