My man

my man love me good

deep down deep down,

he says he’s just angry

just angry cause he’s misunderstood

****

I read late at night

While he waits

He waits for me to get ‘em

But I keep forgettin’

Cause I keep letting

Him draw scribbles over my eyes

With his back turned, heart turned down.

****

i am lady scribbles

i am a mess; he still

takes care of me forever,

and to prove it, he gave me a bill.

*****

My man make me laugh

I laugh real good

My man love me, truly

Just like a real crazy man would.

****

My bill is very high

High like his brow

Like his judgment

Deep like his scowl.

****

my man love me good

deep down deep down,

he says he’s just angry

just angry cause he’s misunderstood

****

That’s cool

Ignore me

Push me away,

Draw me a bit closer

You never needed to beg me to stay.

****

“My man

Don’t love me

He treat me awful mean

My man

He don’t love me

He treat me awful mean

He’s the lowest man

That I’ve ever seen,” Billie Holiday cries, and I can’t seem to find my tissues.

****

My man is churning

My cream

But it’s not butter

No no

My man wants me to stagnate

And go down the drain,

And still not a word I utter

****

I sigh and

You frown

My man, I call you

You say, “my clown,”

And you let me read all night long

Love stories I long to feel,

Tell me, my dear dangerous man,

Was any of that lovin’ from you ever

Real?

~~~~

my man love me good

deep down deep down,

he says he’s just angry

just angry cause he’s misunderstood