I Want to be a Woman
I want to be a woman
Queen Elizabeth, richy rich
Or Diana: So I'll be in the news
every single time i fuck
I call boys sotto voce on the telephone
I invent a name ANITA
A family: no father, strict mother
A posh address: Banjara Hills
I'm 26 and a virgin with a love of sex talk
I talk Hyderabadi: Are you in full tension?
Are you in full excitement?
The boys say: Common yaar, what is this?
We're in our '20s Talk loudly
Come into the practical life
No need to dream Just be practical Just do
it
This they say to a dreamgirl on the telephone
Who may turn out to be a fat gay man
Who additionally smells bad
But of course they can't smell me out on the phone
I want to be M. Butterfly: bit player in the Peking Opera
Who fooled a French diplomat for four years
Then followed discovery / ignominy: What a thrill!
But that's another story....