Six-Foot Zora and Yvonne

from Gorgeous Tom by Archipelago

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Six-Foot Zora and Yvonne

six-foot Zora and Yvonne
in a fistfight over Jean
Carla watches, hat pulled low
holding hands with cold Marco

who’d rather be in bed with Quinn
or on the road with Finn to Cincinnati
home of gorgeous Tom
Uli’s friend who lost his mom

and Zora and Yvonne
will put their makeup on
while Tom and Uli
tear their sleeves for mother’s victim

crashed her pickup into Xavier
sent him off to meet his savior
now she’s locked in Hannah’s jail
where Isabella steals her mail

Renata used to bake her cakes
till Sander had his final breakdown
by the bridge on Seventh Street
where Esperanza walks her beat

and Zora and Yvonne
will put their makeup on
while Esperanza
taps at William’s empty door

William dials up Oona’s number
Pasha begged him not to go
to Cumberland, where Anna lived
annoying as a katydid

and Katy did lull men to sleep
except for Ben, who could not keep her
free from harm--no lucky charm--
too recklessly she’d left the farm

where Vernon sits and drinks the gin
that Katy left en route to sin
with Gogo, Lulu, Dee and them
the city girls whose eyes are gems

whose skin is lucent--lives are short--
who wear cold beauty like a fort
to Nandi’s club, where six-foot Zora
holds court over the drunken quora

and Zora and Yvonne
have put their makeup on
and made their vampires’ peace
with streetlamps’ darkish alley light

and Zora and Yvonne
have long forgotten Jean
who hit the road with Katy
as the red sun rose today

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from Gorgeous Tom, released August 14, 2020
Brian diBlassio: drums
Owl diBlassio: bass
Brian Lillie: keyboards
Jeremy Bredfeldt: trumpet
Jim Roll snapped his fingers
Karl Sikkenga: guitar, vocals

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Archipelago Ypsilanti, Michigan

Archipelago is a collective based in Ypsilanti, Michigan. We are purveyors of toothsome music and smart lyrics.

There are many ways to be humane in this world, and we need every one of them. Our hope is that listening to our dozen endeavors will help. ... more

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