JELLY JARS

What happened to the girl with the gold locks

That I fell for on hard wood floors

With the holes in her socks, good lord

Drinking' warm coke from old jelly jars

What happened to the simple life of ours

Why did the pigs say I can't see you anymore

And why did your last text' say to me

"I will love you forever, Baby"?

 

How can you stand on your own two feet

Falling' head over heels for me

Finding' jelly jars ' you'd thrown out

At three AM balling' your eyes out

Washin' the brainwashing' out for me

 

Throw those flimsy pamphlets away

There's a bigger book to read

Don't be a Miranda slave

Talk to me

Forget the insurance company propaganda

And the poor sport common pleas court report

Please, Baby, just try to behave

And drink from a jelly jar once more

 

How can you stand on your own two feet

Falling' head over heels for me

Finding' jelly jars ' you'd thrown out

At three AM balling' your eyes out

Washin' the brainwashing' out for me

 

Skin should have been the only thin'

To ever come between us

Co-dependency is love I say

I'm not prepared to give you away

Liability is the ability

To lay in the bed all day with me

Forgetting' the angry words we spoke

Drinking' warm coke from old jelly jars

 

How can you stand on your own two feet

Falling' head over heels for me

Finding' jelly jars ' you'd thrown out

At three AM balling' your eyes out

Washin' the brainwashing' out for me.

Reviews

[Corrupthoughts]

I adored this. The language and word choices are just perfect. I used to drink out of jars all the time when I ran out of glasses, for that reason it gave me a whimsical feeling despite its sad overtones. This is very cleverly written in spots.

"Skin should have been the only thin'
To ever come between us" -- Sad yet beautiful, awesome line.

I feel strongly for this piece, it makes me genuinely sad for the loss the poem speaks of. It makes me think of if I lost my love. It is being added to my favs for sure.

[Viper Phoenix]

Stupid apostrophes

[Viper Phoenix]

"lie in bed" removing the "the" wich would give the bed a negative image

[Viper Phoenix]

........"Lie in bed" is generally correct: It means to lie under the covers, between the top sheet and the bottom sheet. It is generally about the usual bed one sleeps in.


"¢ All she does is lie in bed all day. Isn't she bored?
"¢ You have to lie in bed, flat on your back, for ten days, or until your leg heals.
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It's possible to "lie on the bed," too. This means that you are not in bed for the purpose of sleeping, but perhaps sitting on it to talk on the telephone. The cat could be sleeping, lying on the bed.

"¢ The kitten lay on the bed. Its mother lay on the bed near him. They were lying on the bed together.

[Viper Phoenix]

"lay" should be "lie', it's proper English and it rhymes, I have no idea why my computer changed it. Stupid computers

[Viper Phoenix]

I lost a battle with a word processor and was attacked by apostrophes