35 Foot Lady
from: The World of Particulars
There's a 35 foot lady
in a white string bikini
lying on her side by I-95
and I know I've seen her somewhere
fondling that bottle
maybe flipping through the channels
late at night
and I only want to hold her
see her body all around me
things I would have told her
if she were here
But she stays up on that billboard
reclining up there dreaming
so I go home to my ice box
and pour myself a beer
Now others have reminded me
of that 35 foot lady
smiling in the sit-coms
or in a magazine
and that's why I'm reading this one
I don't really like the football
it's the 35 foot lady
on page seventeen
and I know that I look homely
but it doesn't really matter
'cause I've seen the way she smiled at me
while polishing that car
and I want to be the driver
we could go and see a movie
where a 35' lady'd
entertain us for a while
in a white string bikini
lying on her side by I-95
and I know I've seen her somewhere
fondling that bottle
maybe flipping through the channels
late at night
and I only want to hold her
see her body all around me
things I would have told her
if she were here
But she stays up on that billboard
reclining up there dreaming
so I go home to my ice box
and pour myself a beer
Now others have reminded me
of that 35 foot lady
smiling in the sit-coms
or in a magazine
and that's why I'm reading this one
I don't really like the football
it's the 35 foot lady
on page seventeen
and I know that I look homely
but it doesn't really matter
'cause I've seen the way she smiled at me
while polishing that car
and I want to be the driver
we could go and see a movie
where a 35' lady'd
entertain us for a while