Poor Little Ruby Sue,
All she ever wanted to do was be seen
The more I think about it, it was a ludicrous dream
It’s hard existing amongst the living when you’re donning a sheet
But much to her dismay, every single day was Halloween
And she had to view the world from the eyeholes chopped sloppily through the seams
From the rot of the leaves, all the way to the rejuvenated blossoms of spring
Moved to Los Angeles at the tender age of nineteen
But for some reason, she never mixed with the Hollywood scene
Mad attractive but still they never gawked on the streets
She even walked down Rodeo naked and didn’t garner a peep
Maybe she could blame the disconnect on a dissociative society
Staring down at their glowing screens and zombified entirely
Souls heavy, she don’t have anyone and there’s nowhere left to run
Her ghastly white skin fails to bronze in the California sun
She hasn’t received a phone call the whole winter
Her family stopped setting a place for her at holiday dinners
Like knowing her was a burden they never seek to be reminded of
Watches as they eat in silence, peeking in from the outside shrubs
And ponders what atrocities she committed to be casted out
Never got an explanation why and that’s the thing that she’s saddest ‘bout
So many lonely sunrises so she’d sit and watch in solitude
As the bright Orange sun burned holes into the nights loneliness and solemn blues
Thinking maybe if the morning came and melts away all the gloom
Maybe one day her sky would brighten and dissipate the darkness too
Holed up in a hotel lobby to evade all the drops of rain
Nodding off to the overcast greys on another forgotten day
She prayed that her pain would be washed away..
Suddenly, she was shocked awake
The lobby tv proclaiming “breaking news” wrapped in a banner of red
At first, she didn’t even understand what it said
As she read the sentence again, the sweetest rain started falling down
“Serial killer apprehended, 8 separate bodies found”
She felt a peace wash over her that she’d never felt before
And the threadbare costume that she wore fell to shreds upon the floor
A slideshow of the slain girls played through, she saw her own face and then grinned
“Finally, now everybody can see me again.”