In loving memory of my fabulous drag daughter Bella Donna


TONIGHT
by Janelle DuBois

Tonight I'm haunted
by your petulant ghost

Mama, I wasn't ready
Mama, there was another song
Mama, there was another story
Mama, I wanted a boyfriend
Mama, I wanted to be a mama like you

Some nights you're an angel
I touch your picture
I ask you to use your Girl Angel powers
to help me sleep
and you do

But tonight I touch your picture
to steady a wobbling and whiney ghost

Mama, am I bothering you? Should I go away?
No, sweetheart, you stay here,
and tell your Mama what you wanted