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From my forthcoming second book... Cinnamon & Sin

“ALL ABOUT THE GIRL”



It was all about the girl you see

I wanted her so badly, so he had to go free.

But not free in the sense

As you understand in having your liberty

But for me it was knowing

He wasn’t around to trouble her

And I could do as I pleased.



As far as I was concerned she would always be my girl

I didn’t care what he told me, so in my mind the plot began to unfurl...

Would I catch him in the day? When he was completely unaware?

I was gonna get him, that’s for sure to God I swear.



The thoughts they tormented me every single day

Imaging him kissing her and having his wicked way.

It messed up my head, every time I thought of him

I walked around daily, my face dark and my heart grim.



It was always there in the bottom of my shoe

Just waiting for the opportunity that would present

But this would be one act, on which I’d claim I always had intent.

I knew what I was doing, no matter what would be later said

I knew how it would end up,.. I just knew I would leave him dead.



The time it came to pass not so long after,

It was the end of summer weekend night

Leaving a party he was so full of life and laughter

He wanted to walk away but I knew the time was right.

The only excuse I needed in my mind and now

Was to cause him to strike the first blow… but how?

So I goaded him with verbal temptation, the anticipation of a fight

He was the big man on campus,

Yeah I wanted him to come to me to test his might.



When the fist came, you can say the rest was history

Out came the knife from my shoe quick as a flash

The street ran redder with each single slicing gash

After those eight came the finishing blows

I won’t ever forget how thick blood flows

Because it was all about the girl you see

Her tiny cute button nose

Her pretty brown eyes

Her long silky locks

The way she laughed til she cried

The way she smiled at my unfunny jokes

The way she ran with a graceful lope

The way she walked with a sexy swagger

The way she touched me leaving me so hot I could only stagger.

It was all about her…

It was all about her not being with him…

It was all about him being out of the picture…

It was all so I could be her man again…



©18th May 2009-13:22pm Written by Angela Edgar

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