“The Wide Open-Ended Prima-Donna’s Finale” - Khat

“The Wide Open-Ended Prima-Donna’s Finale”

9.1.21

10.14am

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I lost my head in the clouds, somehow,

And I told the commissioner to stop coming around,

Coz he kept complaining that I wasn’t the girl he knew,

As if he was entitled to my déjà vu,

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He said I don’t spread my legs the way that I used to,

He said I’m way too reserved now,

My dresses are knee length and my hair- well, at least it’s still short,

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He told me I wasn’t pretty enough anymore,

He held my hand, told me he didn’t understand what all of it was for,

“When you have a partner”,

I started to say,

“Your face becomes much softer,

You start to trust more,

You start to love more,

When you become a partner, your skin shines brighter than it ever has before,

When you’re loved the way that he loves me, you’ll see,

You don’t need to be the center of attention anymore coz you’re the center of their world,

You don’t need to compensate the difference, coz the difference is already compensated for,

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Coz your heart gets bigger, and your smile gets wider,

You have somebody to hold,

You have somebody to take care of,

When you settle down,

Your frown turns upside down,

And its easier to see the brighter side of things.”