Does Not Suffice

I will pack all my pretty dresses

I will box up my high-heeled shoes

A sparkling ring for every finger

I'll put away and hide from view

Coats of boucle, jacquard and cashmere

Cartouche and tweed, all silver-shot

And everything that could remind you

Of how easy I was not

I'll tuck away my gilded buttons

I'll bind my silks in shapeless bales

Wrap it all up in reams o' tissue

And then I'll kiss you sweet farewell

You saw me rise to our occasion

And so deny the evidence

'Caused me to burn and twist and grimace against you

Like something caught on a barbed wire fence

Now you can see me fall back here redoubled

Full bewildered and amazed

I have gotten into some terrible trouble

Beneath your blank and rinsing gaze

It does not suffice for you to say I am a sweet girl

Or to say you hate to see me sad because of you

It does not suffice to merely lie beside each other

As those who love each other do

I picture you rising up in the morning

Stretching out on your boundless bed

Beating a clear path to the shower

Scouring yourself red

The tap of hangers swaying in the closet

Unburdened hooks and empty drawers

And everywhere I tried to love you

Is yours again and only yours

La-la-la-la...