That Woman

Lately I worry, see I just feel incredibly hard and jaded and I fear I've become that woman, you know? That woman; that too many crazy nights,one too many cigarettes, gravely voice, "boy I've got a story for you and honey there ain't nothing you can tell me that'll shock me" kind of woman. I don't know that being that woman is such a bad thing. Some of my favorite women are that woman: they are broads in the true sense of the word. A broad has seen it all, she takes no prisoners, takes no shit: a broad can wear boots without looking trendy. I don't fear being a broad. A true broad has a heart of gold. I fear losing my heart. Sometimes my life seems like the longest, most pathetic, country song. That's great when I'm in on the joke. Great when it's a Johnny Cash sort of country song, sort of tongue in cheek. It's just those days when I can feel the skin stretching on the cheekbones from grimacing. Then again, I've been needing my boots a lot lately. Maybe it's just a phase.