Eleni Mandell
Crooked Man
Crooked hands with crooked fingers
Crooked nose and crooked smile
He was bent on big bent
Crooked heart and crooked mind

Crooked how he tried to kiss me
While I ate an apple whole
Everything he said was wrong
Or else he quoted Bob Dylan

We never seem to speak
We only remember some things

Crooked where he put the paper
Underneath the furniture
He was bent on big bent
Kicked the trash into the corner

Crooked how I always bully
Crooked how I miss the bond
I was bent on big blent
Crooked how I keep hoping

We never seem to speak
We only remember some things

Crooked hands with crooked fingers
Crooked nose and crooked smile
He was bent on big bent
Crooked heart and crooked mind