<mattox's "little mary sunshine">
2003-06-20.1:45 p.m.


Little Mary Sunshine
Gretchen Mattox


I've got egg on my face, sunny side up
and you're eating it with a knife and a fork
just like Miss Manners said you should.
It's very tidy the way you tap your lips.
I'm very happy that you are so pleased.
I'm very happy.

I'm the girl next door in a gingham skirt
and the whore on the corner in black lace.
Even when I'm mean, I giggle like a brook.
If you are happy, that pleases me.

I plan to make meatloaf for dinner.
I plan to never worry my pretty head.
I plan to plant roses.
I plan to buy an axe.



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