Debutante

(My first poem on Medium!)

Dressed up in the pages
I wrote to look pretty
But now I feel naked

Braid my hair in plot twists
A crown of resentment
Put the prom in promise

Fans of pocket aces
They don’t really help, my
Dance card’s copy pasted

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So lovesick it tickles
Happy but we’re all just
Puppets playing fiddles

And we go together
Like two hands on a clock
In circles forever

The queen of hearts judges
Who’s blushing, who’s bleeding
And who’s holding grudges

A butterfly painted
Inside of my stomach
The reason I feinted

The rent not collected
For the time in my thoughts
More than I expected

Seems like I’m only moving on
If I’ve got something someone wants
I’m nothing but a debutante