Tank Girl Quotes

“I had a vision.
I lay half asleep in the dirt. The sunset
Behind the hills and burnt my skin.
And in the dream I saw a throne--my throne,
Built on the tower of my life.
When I woke all I could think of was my
Vision, etched so clearly on my mind.
I worked for three days and three nights
With no food or drink, until my vision
Had become a reality--perfect in every
Detail.
I pondered the significance of this
Edifice and shook off my trance....
I felt tired,
I felt lonely,
I felt confused,
I felt so bloody confused,
I felt like a right prat!”
― Alan Martin, Tank Girl

“Epitaph.

Not next year, not the next one,
Not the year after that. But ages
From here,

Clad in love stained sleeping bags,
Dying with feet wrapped in endless
Shirts and pillow cases,

Crumbling with 99 flakes clutched
Between thumb and palm, dripping
Yellow cream from twig fingers,
Basking our white haired chests on
Green grassed parks under purple
Skies. Laughing over coffee after
Bath tubs of coffee have passed
Through our guts. Huddled, lonely,
Under heaped clothes, here lay us...”
― Alan Martin, Tank Girl