Rockettothesky
too many emmas
There are too many Neils, too many Neils, there are too many Neils walking my street -
There are too many roads, too many roads, too many roads going up and down and up and down and up⦠down
Sink down instead!
And take Neil with you!
There are too many Emmas, too many Emmas, there are too many Emmas making up my street as they go -
There are too many legs, and too many ankles! Going up and down and up and downâ¦this body.
Earth, swallow them and pluck Emma between your teeth and your tongue
(if you see him, see Neil, tell him: Jen says hi, I said hello)
We were fourteen, fifteen perhaps twenty-two and you had chest hair growing out of your shirt
I should have done something, I should have turned my head but they were
Too many, too soon.