Botanica de Los Angeles

You should have known
d
Yet unashamed
d
That there’s no way
d
To save your wasted flower of youth
d
But you feel the same
d
In spite of all he did to you
d

Sweet heart, cut up face
d
That I would have died any number of times for
d
Beat down and beat down
d
So peculiar, so beloved
d

Don’t look away
d
Be rough on the weak
d
True love ought not wait but has
d
The pistol is raised to your lips
d
The feel of a kiss is gone
d
Gone as soon as it ends
d

Sweet face, busted teeth
d
That I would have died any number of times with
d
Slapped around like a clown
d
So peculiar, so beloved
d

Hyunhye, dead
d
Kathleen, dead
d
Molly, dead
d
Natasia, dead
d
Denise, dead
d
Mylinh, dead
d
Mimi, dead
d
Jessica, dead
d

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Cinthya’s Unisex

You look so cute when you’re confused
f

I give you a monkey bite in the armpit but you say
f
No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! f
No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
f

But you don’t know what you want
f
Except to lie upon one with the other behind you
f
But to lie on one side with the big one to the left
f
And the bigger one to the right
f

La boca
f
You’re so confused when you’re cute
f

I watch through the keyhole and whisper
f
No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! f
No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
f

But I don’t know what I want
f
You want to be on your knees before them
f
Slapped en la boca with the big one
f
Noted lips adoring the bigger one
f
And having no idea how you look so good
f

Whimpering compliments coming through the keyhole
f
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
f

A belt of hickeys!
f
A bandolier of hickeys!
f
A holster of hickeys!
f
A rosary of hickeys!
f
A stigmata of hickeys!
f
A crown of thorns of hickeys!
f

I hate everyone but you
f
Promosso
f

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A Knife in the Sun

A knife in the sun
d
I don’t know how it happened
d
The white lady
d
Cops, transsexuals
d
Taxi drivers, homosexuals
d
Drug dealers, mariachis, pick pockets
d

Knife, knife, knife, knife
d
Knife, knife, knife, knife
d

Prince of peace
d
At least indulge us
d
Flesh was once food
d
Now food is flesh
d
Your lover will hate you
d
Despair and shut up
d

Knife, knife, knife, knife
d
Knife, knife, knife, knife
d

Gold, silver, copper
d
Blue, violet, red
d
Green
d

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Bitter Melon

A hammer of purple shit
s
Bashes down on your fantasy
s
Fantasy piled upon the fantasy
s
That maybe now you are free
s

Little boy, can I ever love you enough?
s
Little boy, can I face you truly enough?
s
Can I ever pat your head gently enough?
s
Can I ever smile at you honestly enough?
s
Can I keep dread far from your heart enough?
s

No, I cannot
s

When I am near you
s
Everything, everything, everything
s
Is worth its cost
s
Your dad told me he has no feelings
s
Now I understand
s

Little boy, can I ever love you enough?
s
Little boy, can I face you truly enough?
s
Can I ever pat your head gently enough?
s
Can I ever smile at you honestly enough?
s
Can I keep dread far from your heart enough?
s

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The Silver Platter

Something has to be true
d
Besides what is true
d
Enraged at one’s own helplessness
d
Helplessness that is one’s own fault
d
God made us
d
And now he wants us to die
d
I cannot care
d

What do you think?
d
What do you do?
d

Kneel before you, just for a moment
d

A child’s love is useless
d
What is there left to withstand?
d
Margarine spooned into illness
d
Alone at both sunset and dawn
d
To persist in inhuman fury
d
It could have been wonderful
d
It tastes like a cookie
d
It tastes like a cookie
d

What do you think?
d
What do you do?
d

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Adult Friends

Two tears in a bucket
c
Adult friends, adult friends
c
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
c
The world is what it is
c

Oh, I kiss you
c
Nobody sees it
c
Oh, we hold hands
c
Nobody knows about it
c
Oh, you kiss me
c
We just sit there
c
Overly experienced
c
Adult friends, adult friends
c

You’ve reduced your breasts
c
To a more tasteful size D
c
When I touch them
c
It is like a lobster crawling under my arm
c

Oh, I kiss you
c
Nobody can see it
c
Oh, I pinch your
c
Nobody knows about it
c
Oh, you fondle
c
But we just sit there
c
With no tomorrows
c
Adult friends, adult friends
c

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El Naco

Ants in the rice
d
Ants in the seaweed
d
Ants in the kimchi
d

A worm in my stool
d
We lived together for months
d
We both burst with shaking rage
d

Drunk and nude on the steps,
d
A cross drawn on her chin
d
We both look away
d
Cupcake on a piece of cake
d
Goodbye, haunted house
d
Chuck-bo-buck, banana-nana-fo-fuck!
d

I see it and I have no right to see it
d
I don’t even know what it is
d
Blood paid with blood
d
Sit on my lap
d
It might be the last time we ever feel love
d

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New Life Immigration

It’s turning from day to dark
d
Armageddon
d
What made you think life was special?
d
When I look at you I see
d
There is one life that is special
d

We don’t need to live to love
d
We don’t need to live to love
d
Everyone has failed us and we have failed everyone
d
We don’t need to live to love
d

Soon this will all be gone
d
To spare us kisses in the flood
d
A piece of paper in my hand
d
A vow of double suicide
d
The end of the world is avoidable
d

We don’t need to live to love
d
We don’t need to live to love
d
Everyone has failed us and we have failed everyone
d
We don’t need to live to love
d

Our fire escape is five floors above the street
d
We can sit and watch Los Angeles burning
d
Hold hands, turn around, lean over backwards
d
This is the quiet we promised each other
d
This is the love we’ve always dreamt of
d

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Black Dick

Black dick on the table
s
One ball, like a skull
s
The other ball, like Bullet Bill
s

Black dick, black dick, black dick
s

White ass on the nightstand
s
One cheek, like Jesus
s
The other cheek, like Jesús
s

Black dick, black dick, black dick
s

Yellow titties on the bureau
s
One nipple, a volcano on fire
s
The other nipple, baking soda
s
Put it out
s

Black dick, black dick, black dick
s

Brown pussy in the racecar
s
One thrust turns the key
s
The other thrust releases the brakes
s
Go!
s

Black dick, black dick, black dick
s

Dick, dick, dick, dick
s

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Lawrence Liquors

Don’t tell me someone is waiting
d
No one is waiting
d
Don’t tell me someone is whispering, too
d
Would you, sonny?
d
Could you, bunny?
d
But no one is there
d

Right, a mockery!
d
Right?!
d

Sha, sha, sha!
(Awoo, awoo, awoo)

Don’t tell me you are not wrinkled
d
Everything is wrinkled
d
Don’t tell me you are not whispering, too
d
Don’t tell me that I am wrong, wrong, wrong
d
But no one is there
d

Right, a mockery!
d
Right?!
d

Sha, sha, sha!
(Awoo, awoo, awoo)

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