Folie A Deux

Everyone deserves to be happy

Including you,

My peach.

So if you want to bring your Sweet Jane around,

That's fine.

That's jussssst

Fine.

In fact,

If you like her so much

Why don't you marry her?

Oh.

There is that.

I do try, you know--

To keep myself up...

To make myself attractive to you...

But,

When you padlock the door like that,

I can't get to the salon.

And oh,

Let one measly set of drapes catch fire

And everybody's twitchy for a week.

I was only trying

To let some daylight in.

I was only trying

To snap everybody out of their comas

And that tiresome English reserve.

Go ahead,

Have your little schoolmarm.

I could probably even do something with this attic;

I've begun by

Embossing your wedding invitations

On the wall

With my fingernails.

Can't we please be friends?

If I smile and extend my hand,

Would you waltz me just this once

For old time's sake again?

Oh, darling,

Look at me!

I don't know how I got here, on the roof!

Behold my charity,

My forgiveness, and my love--

The last you'll ever see.

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