Lamy from Sometimes Strangers by Imogen Cygler

She bites pens
Lids and ends
Of ballpoints
And felt tips

Those felt tips have been
Dimpled by
Her teeth
And her lips

He likes German pens
With smooth inky ends
But there’s one pen
Safe in his draw
That was lucky to be bitten
By a girl he loved before

I bite pens
Lids and ends
Of ballpoints
And felt tips

Those felt tips have been
Dimpled by
My teeth
And my lips

You like German pens
With smooth inky ends
But there’s one pen
Safe in your draw
That was lucky to be bitten
By a girl you loved before

We bite pens
Lids and ends
Of ballpoints
And felt tips

Those felt tips have been
Dimpled by
Our teeth
And our lips

We like German pens
With smooth inky ends
But there’s one pen
Safe in our draw
That was lucky to be bitten
By a girl we loved before

The last he heard
She was working in the theatre
She makes music
And he’d quite like to hear her

He sometimes sends ‘Hellos’
Along with his friends
But they rarely get delivered

• Alternative
• alternative pop
• art pop
• art song
• baroque pop
• experimental pop
• Melbourne