David Rowe
TORONTO SUMMERTIME & JENNIE COTTON IS HIGH
For now anyhow
Her life’s a herky-
Jerky pre-Kitty
Hawk flying machine
Is propelled I mean precariously
By bags of baby carrots,
Her psychotomimetic CD
Collection & non-blinking
Christmas lights on the freakin’ ficus tree
For today anyway
Jennie Cotton surrounds herself with attention
-deficit debutantes
& is always ready is Jennie
To squat in the alley
Just to piss
On your fancy epiphanies
For now anyhow
She dreams of a Chateau Marmont
Room of her own
To read Che Guevera in the jacuzzi in
This Cotton prefers chilled vodka to gin
&’d rather be an elegant pedestrian
Than drive some shitbox
Jennie brings out the rapist
In drug counselors & therapists
& when her dog chases his tail, Cotton’s
Convinced he’s an alchemist
O Jennie Tough & Natural, Soft & Practical as Cotton
Does she contradict herself?
Who gives a fuck: Jennie Cotton contradicts herself.