A Poem
Listen to the song here: https://soundcloud.com/zoe-the-lemur-plait/mommys-princess
sleep, darling daughter, all wrapped up in bows
pretty and perfect in the Lord’s afterglow
I love you more than you can understand
but you’ll sleep in the gutter if you dress like a man
I knew you weren’t right from the day you were born
paddles and nuns never made you conform
you screamed at the Lord that you were incomplete
and kicked in your mirror when you were three
God made two bathrooms, for him and for her
use the right one or you’re going to burn
Jesus loves you, but only in a skirt
and the parts that you were given at birth
oh he loves you, so put on that pink dress
he died so you could be Mommy’s princess
there’s boys and there’s girls and there’s no in between
you can’t be Adam, you were born Eve
playing with toy soldiers is heresy
please repent darling, make friends with Barbie
God made two bathrooms, one’s right and one’s wrong
go sitting down or you’re standing on God
Jesus loves you, but only in a skirt
and the parts that you were given at birth
oh, he loves you, so put on that pink dress
he died so you could be Mommy’s princess
I saw the hair and the blood in the sink
the doctor said girl, I don’t care what you think
I want grandchildren, so unbind your chest
I want to see Heaven, so put on a dress…
honey, I love you, so wear the damn skirt
don’t make me regret that I ever gave birth
I love you, so you’d better feel blessed
to be my little girl, Mommy’s princess
Miss Misery 