A Pale Decoration

Empty halls with the walls painted blue
A pale decoration to who might find me
with infinity brains inside me.
With infinity brains inside me.

This has haunted me so long.

Empty mugs with the stains covered up.
A faint ring of clues to who might lead me
to a vacant bed beneath me
with cautious floorboards beneath the beads.

This house haunted me so long.

Safety pins, shoved tips under skin,
a wasted line will kill all those who blind me
with her empty head buried inside me.
With my empty head buried inside me.

This has haunted me so long.
(Better give it up while you can.)
This house haunted me so long.
(Better give it a rest.)
This has haunted me too long.

Equipoise Treaty

Crowded soon,
another rib bruised
ambidextrous followed through.
Powerless infested lagoons.
They see me but I can't see you
or your balance act of staying afloat.

And I'm so thirsty
but all I have is some
paper and glue.
Crumple it up
and drink, drink, drink
it down.
Drink it down with your empty frown.

Monday in two,
another cellar door
opened to the roof of your mouth.
You're a mountain made of proof
and chipped away at a cousin's braceface.

And I'm so thirsty
but all I have is some paper
and some glue.
So crumple it up.
Go ahead and eat.
Consume while you're chasing amputees.

Bitter monument with feet drawing at the tip
of the marker,
drowning sorrow
Best be knit.

Better polish strip with a barren Leesport felt tip
running dry,
Best left dead.

W

Focused in on the roots.
Her hair tangled through thin piece of shine.
Reflects the now.
and her toes are warm as they touch the frozen floor.
Deep and worn from her face to her waist.
Thick suede jacket proves that winter has taken ground.
Deep and torn from her beats to the door,
You and I,
A solid outline.

Reform.

Focused in on the sounds.
Start of a fresh new season.
The leaps and bounds from before.
Her eyes are dim and droopy now.
Deep and sewn shut.
Quietly, let the snow hit the window.
Steep and shows gut.
Quietly, let the snow hit the skylight.

You and I,
A solid outline.
Deep and torn,
from her beats to the door.
You and I,
A Solid Outline.

Double You,
Mirror Girl,
You've lost your sense of touch.

Double You,
Mirror Girl,
You've lost your sense of humor.

Double You,
Mirror Girl,
You've lost your sense of
Everything.









(Now I get the feeling I drove you crazy, hoping you'd remain my safety. And didn't give a damn about what you were thinking and now I'm in the basement, ash lungs, filled with rabies.)

Quiet Cabin.

Your fingers plucked out splinters
as they followed your bones
in faint snow covered footprints.
Please let me close the doors.

Did you notice shades of purple
with soul that bounced throughout
these windows?
Scribble where you've left the lights on.

With safety blanket hands
I will overlap our time,
in these quiet milliseconds
where the hours form perfection.

(Where you are)
Do you hear it when the clock sounds,
when it rings for those who only howl
and moves along with tick tick tocking?
(You end so loud.)

Would you let me get away
if I told you
you'd be safe?
(Soft lights burn out.
Dull, behind me.
You end so loud.)

And did you notice shades of purple
with soul that bounce throughout
these windows?
Scribble where you've left the lights on.

Tell me this is what you've wanted.

Circus Tents

We seemed like circus tents
with people in between
and circuit boards with limbs
dangling like sheets.
You know,
you beat,
the wrinkles clean out of me.
Wringing me out
and soaking me back up by your cheeks.

And our brains collided
side by side, half a heart.
as our skeletons were married
at the end of last March.
You know,
Last year
was just another dance
and the choreographer was twisted at the hip
You know,
I couldn't seem to do it
when you left me taking sips
of green tea,
Adjusted temperature,
with chlorine
and a half cup of bleach.

You. You. You. You followed me to my mountain house, well let us now.
You. You. You carved me into your waist, now we're face to face.
You. You wrote me on your shopping list, let us do our best.

When you go up and up and out,
just let me know.
Let me know
because my insides are out
and wrap all around you.
They wrap all around you.

You. You. You. You followed me to my mountain town, well let us now.
You. You. You carved me, in two, your waist, now we're face to face.
You. You wrote me. On your shopping list, 'let us do our best.'
You carved me.
In two.
Your waist.
We won't lay face to face.

So when you go up and up and out
just let me know.
Just let me go.