China Plates

Jess Chizuk

“China Plates”
Jess Chizuk


China plates and dinner dates,
You look wonderful tonight.
Paid vacations, medication,
is this supposed to feel right?

I got student loans, I got aching bones,
when did seventeen disappear?
They say just buy a white dress, build your own nest,
stay the course, don’t you fear.

Tell me where did I go wrong in finding
the place where I can lay with fate?
I need winding, open highways
I don’t want these china plates.

We buy coffee tables, and clothing labels,
showing strangers that we can.
I’ve lost in each election, I’ve lost my discretion,
I’m as lost as I have ever been.

So tell me where did I go wrong in finding
the place where I can lay with fate?
I need winding, open highways,
I don’t want these china plates

So mind the white lines, save for the stop signs,
nothing’s standing in the way.
Shiny things, and diamond rings,
could never buy me anyway

Tell me where did I go wrong in finding
the place where I can lay with fate?
I need winding, open highways,
I don’t want these china plates,
I don’t want these china plates.

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