if you get an outfit you can be a cowboy too

normally you wouldn’t be caught dead
with someone who looks like me
in this embarrassing dress
with the fringe and sequins
and the blisters in my heels

it’s tiring making the effort
nails broken down to nothing
painted hot pink and shimmering
gold like the fillings in your
perfect teeth sinking deep

we still come up short we have this
in common and it’s common
knowledge that sex appeal
matters most of all when walking
hand in hand in public

who cares about the pain in my side
who cares that you have four lives
left behind like unclaimed baggage
your one night stands turn into
diamond pavement and you walk again