Twice a Shooting Star

Checkered plaid electricity

Zap mosquitoes

Swat and slap

Cardboard crowns

And empty wrappers

Nickels tucked into the rugs

Make the bed shake

Find a cartoon

Lift your dress up

Put your dress down

Put the make-up on yourself

Rev the engine

Close the curtains

Scrape the shower

‘Til it’s clean

Can’t wash yourself in something dirty

Fill the bucket

Dump your purse out

Buy a bag of stale pretzels

Take your dress off

Barefoot carpets

Half-cracked Bibles

Flimsy headboards

Chewed up nails

Wrinkled foreheads

Wrinkled everything

Polished shoes

Practice breathing

Dry land swimming

Lucky guessing

Solitaire

Name your price

Put on lipstick

Put on pantyhose

Put on perfume

Bite your tongue

Bite your lip

Bite your nails

Bite the bullet

Test the mattress

Eat the burger

Wear the crown

Try the mirror

Run the shower

Lick the steam

Pinch your cheeks

Spin in circles

Spin in circles

Spin in circles

Crack the Bible

Find a passage

Ask forgiveness

Bless yourself

Stretch your arms out

Scan the ceiling

Slip your dress off

Say your name

In the window

There’s an engine

Revving, ready

Black and blue

And metal too

Sunlight, headlights

Moonlight, night light

Put your hair up

Put your dress on

Put yourself together fast

There’s a knock

And there’s a phone call

There’s a star

Gone twice already

Make a wish

Can’t hurt to do

One might not count

Be safe

Make two