Sally Ann

a woman of beauty
a woman of pain
in France or Jakarta
her shadows the same
and you go home with Sally Ann
you go home with Sally Ann
you go home

a woman of kindness
with bracelets of jade
in China, in Japan
choices are made
and you go home with Sally Ann
you go home with Sally Ann
you go home

a woman of chances
with no family or friends

in Argentina

she knows only men
and you go home with Sally Ann
you go home with Sally Ann

you go home

a woman of color
with debts to be paid

in Trenton or Detroit

she lives by the blade

and you go home with Sally Ann

you go home with Sally Ann you go home with Sally Ann you go home with Sally Ann you go home with Sally Ann

you go home with Sally Ann you go home