Miss Cameo

miss cameo
all at once
is indebted to no other
she's made it so
she is only
too right to dwell upon
the right and wrong
that she suffers
with a talented persuasion

miss cameo
deserves a rave review for mourning
she's bound to go
everybody gets the warning
everybody 's trying to figure this one out

miss cameo
she alone
shares a drunken understanding
when the need has grown
she gets her coat
and says 'i'm sorry for you all'

miss cameo
keeps thoughts of children at a distance
they number four
there's talk of starting a religion
with all their schooling
will they ever learn to cope

miss cameo
likes to draw
the attention to our failure

miss cameo
eyes a stranger from the window
he's not at all
what they say a woman waits for
but she's tired
and she never was before