I want to rinse out irony
rinse glamour, rinse vanity, rinse void
rinse alcohol, rinse tobacco, rinse guilt
rinse away influence, rinse expectations
I’m not throwing you a lifebuoy
some new kind of soap
I’m not offering you an instant cure
or Wonderland
I don’t want a rendezvous
at the Cactus Motel
or true romance
just give me
the real intimacy
of a Saturday dance
Nick Power (from the Figure of Speech show Get Happy with Alisha Ruiss, Phil Bourassa, Drew Jurecka, and Chris Bezant)
Nicholas Power 