A Ghost Before the Wall

Asaf Avidan

She had them big thick lips, like pillows underneath her 
cheeks. 
When she spoke, an avalanche rolled on them from behind 
her teeth 
Suddenly, the carpet, was pulled from underneath my feet 
When I tried to get close, she just laughed and got 
beneath the sheets. 

She said "No, no, no – I got to prove you wrong" 
She said "No, no, no – I got to prove you wrong" 

She had them big almond eyes, that gave her away 
And when she started them you could see the tornadoes 
play 
I had the kind of empty hole, that always made her pay 
She had them dancing shoes that never let her stay 

She said "No, no, no – I got to prove you wrong" 
She said "No, no, no, no, no no – I got to prove you 
wrong" 
She said "No, no, no, no, no no – I got to prove you 
wrong" 
She said "No, no, no – I got to prove you wrong" 

Suddenly she says – "Here I am, coming back like a ghost 
before the wall" 
(10X'