Emancipated Minor

emancipated minor
 well directed and brilliantly casted
 riding a greyhound
 down to the city
 with her fake id
 and a hell of a little hand-basket
 little game of see-saw
 and then he came to claim her
 and then a sordid line
 formed behind him
 reproductive system
 newly activated
 she participated
 in nature's plan
 she participated
 and i can't say i envy her
 i don't think i miss it
 wrought iron cobwebbing
 over thin
 window panes
 the city seducing her
 on tip-toe to kiss it
 don't think twice
 just roll the dice
 roll the dice
 so she attended the dance classes
 and she learned the little dance
 and she tried the high heels
 but she couldn't bring herself to prance
 all the while a faint ticking
 in the silence between the songs
 just south of her gut
 two tiny time bombs
 and love comes in many forms
 and for each she would yearn
 hungry as a student
 hungry to learn
 every flavor of person
 every species of intent
 with the body pulsing
 at the center detent
 but all the good graffiti
 got painted over in time
 and she watched the last faceless chain
 replace the last five and dime
 and she wondered if the only noble thing
 ain't to just to get a big garden
 and plant it in the spring
 and kiss the city goodbye
 in some big graceful gesture
 and focus on the moon's groove
 and groove with the moon
 focus on the moon's groove
 and groove with the moon
 and i can't say i envy her
 i don't think i miss it
 wrought iron cobwebbing
 over thin
 window panes
 the city seducing you
 on tip-toe to kiss it
 don't think twice
 just roll the dice
 roll the dice
 roll the dice