Stay out of the light or the photograph that I gave
you. You can say a prayer if you need to. Or just
get in line and I’ll grieve you. Can I see you? Alone.
Another night and I’ll see you. Another night and
I’ll be you. Some other way to continue. To hide
my face. Another knife in my hands. A stain that
never comes off the sheets. Clean me off. I’m so
dirty, babe. The kind of dirty where the water never
cleans off the clothes. I keep a book of the names
and those. Only go so far. Til you bury them. So far
and down we go. Touched by angels though. I fall
out of grace. I did it all so maybe I’d live this every
day. Down we go. We’l never again and never again
They gave us two shots to the back of the head.
AND WE’RE ALL DEAD. NOW