misahualli

as if

as if it was real

as if it had never happened

as if it was going to last forever

as if it was made of glass

as if you cared either way

as if I was dreaming of Spain

as if it was my idea and not Suzy’s

as if I could taste the difference

as if he could be bothered

as if you could here me

as if there was someone inside me saying go on, go for it

as if I was some kind of film star

as if he was a girl

as if I was a man or someone older

as if it counted in the scheme of things

as if I was a grain of sand

as if mermaids existed

as if it was important to keep it dry

as if it didn’t matter

as if he really loved me

as if there really was someone out there watching over us

as if god was real

as if money wasn’t important

as if it was the middle of summer

as if just being here was enough

as if the sixties had never happened

as if it wasn’t obvious from the start that it would end in disaster

as if there had never been another

as if it looked like a dog in the first place

as if its feet were too big for its body

as if she held all the winning cards

as if I could care less

as if everybody knew what he was thinking

as if she had been awake for too long

as if it was never going to end

as if there was a secret chart to get you to the heart of this or any other matter

as if he did it just to prove it could be done

as if living like that was a way of getting one up on everyone else

as if I loved him

as if her shoes said it all

as if just being there was enough

as if they were stuck together with glue

as if no one else cared

as if anyone could here him anyway

as if it was important just to be seen to be involved

as if just talking about it was going to make it go away

as if it had always been like that

as if by magic

as if Natalie could help me now

as if their whole lives depended on it

as if it was hovering just above the surface of the water

as if it was made of chocolate

as if she had a secret friend

as if fairies had collected all the flowers and put them in a little pile

as if he wasn’t there

as if it had suddenly worn off

as if he’d known from the very start how it would end

as if a couple of paracetamol could cure anything

as if he’d never seen her face

as if the answer to everything was in his pocket

as if six was nine

as if everyone knew what was going on

as if the feeling would last forever

as if she never went out except when she was on holiday

as if shoes were the most important thing in the world

as if she was asleep

as if more food made you more energetic

as if it was something she’d never had to deal with before

as if politicians knew what they were talking about

as if very rich people were better off than us

as if one mistake makes someone incompetent

as if to have something in order makes you somehow more in control of it

as if maths was easy

as if every one was the same

as if we had a god given right to safety

as if there was a better way

as if you could understand this

as if it made any sense anyway

as if it was all going to be alright

as if you or I could feel like them and know it to be true

as if it was very close and far away at the same time

as if you really cared

as if he was me and I was him

as if there was an easy way to tell you

as if it was safe to live in Bogata

as if you had a half-sister

as if your daughter had been a boy

as if it mattered

as if the sun was on my back

as if it would never end

as if Mozambique was in Europe

as if your mum was younger than you

as if everyone had to wear black in the street

as if anyone had the right to tell someone else how to behave or what to do

as if we could be good all the time

as if there was a crocodile waiting for you at home in the kitchen

as if chocolate was good for your teeth

as if pink was the new black

as if truth was somehow out there