Total Cliches of the Heart

On a day as cold as Hell I trudged

to class, feeling like shit and looking
it too.

Saw penny, picked it up,

And all day I had good luck.

Lunch time rolled around and I was as hungry
as a horse and could eat a cow.

I go to my room to study; I'm tired, so tired
I'm not tired. I'm wired. I think my brain is
going to explode.

Walk outside for a breath of fresh air. The
wind hits me like a tidal wave. Did you see
that? Did you see that wind blowing?
Another joins me outside. He's as ugly as sin.
He's a slob, a pig. He tries to hit on me. He'll
Succeed when pigs fly and cows dance.

Then I see him. He's so hot, he's strong as an
ox. He can run like being shot from a gun, like a bullet.
This is it, he's the one. WRONG. Out she walks, the
stallion. Two-faced back-stabbing witch. The words
he says cut me like a knife, taking a little piece
of my heart.

Nothing is sweeter than a
kiss from Derek Jeter.

I go back to the room. It looks like a tornado
hit it. I can hear a pin drop.

She's as pretty as a picture. She walks with her head
in the clouds, yet with her feet planted firmly on the
ground. We used to be like two peas in a pod. She's a cow.
Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle. Day has ended.
I look out my window.

Red in the dawning, sailors take warning;
Red at night, sailors delight.

Now I lay me down to sleep, and pray the Lord my
soul to keep. I'm much too young to feel this damn old.

Star light, Star bright,
The first star I see tonight.
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have this wish I wish tonight.

10/14/96