EROTICA Poem: Big Yellow Taxi, by Cynthia Andrews
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Performed by Val Cole
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BIG YELLOW TAXI
What you do to me is expensive to my body and
brain, like going on a shopping spree and then
not being able to pay for it Turning and
turning on my pillow until I just can’t
turn anymore and morning comes
too quickly. Are these bags under
my eyes worth it if I don’t ever
get to lift that black tee over
your head and push my hard
nipples on to your chest? I’m not
at all so profound any more like some
Joni Mitchell song. I’ve seen both sides
now ten times over, and the laugh’s on
me, but maybe I just think too much so
expensive to my body and brain, whatever
is left of it and after you have given me what
I wanted, will you lay your head on my
thigh and kiss me softly and slowly, or do
I have to wait impatiently until morning to
see the sun rise all over again?
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