Exploitation

inspired by Bruce Springsteen's "For You"

Take a step into my ambulance,

And let me kiss your

Wounded knee

Wounded cheek

Wounded—

 

                Oh, my gosh, girl!

                Oh, my gosh, dear!

                Look at that wound—

                My!  What a wound!

 

Why!  That’s something

To be proud of!

We can’t let that

                Ge          ta            way!

Take a step into my

               

                Shop window,

                And stand there—

                What a dear!

                What a treasure you are—

 

We can’t waste

Those tears

That wound

Your pretty face

In the back of

My ambulance.

 

                So, you say you need a home?

                So, you say—

                What’d you say?

                You’re too wounded

                To wasteon a Happysappy Ending!

 

My Whatawound! 

Step into my taxi,

And I’ll give you a new one!

Discount!—

For free!

 

Reviews

[Dressed in Poetry]

First, may I say that Bruce Springsteen is amazing? Secondly, I absolutely adore this. The story is wonderful, and the last stanza is marvelous.