I saw you sliding out the bar. I saw you slipping out the back door, baby. Don’t even try and find a line this time, it’s fine. Darling, you’re still divine. You don’t love me at all, but don’t think that it bothers me at all. You’re a bad-hearted boy-trap, babydoll, but you’re… You’re so […]
Come on in, sweetie-pie! Have an apple, have some lye… Leave your friends, righteous and pathetic, standing at the door. On the books, all your bets favor head-bands and cassettes, cigarettes, suffragettes, and bores. What to do? Sweetheart, you’ll find mediocre people do exceptional things all the time. Oh, the ruin will do in your […]
Stop getting me off track. I mean it, there’s a problem here. This time it is for real… how can I make myself more clear? I never say quite what I mean, and never mean quite what I say, and how did that get out of me, and what the hell did I mean to […]
When we got to Boston, we knew we’d missed a turn. No one back in traffic school had told us there are signs that can’t be learned. Geography’s too stubborn and people are too clear, so let’s go find a road-side motel with a clerk who won’t tell. Days will turn into nights, nights will […]
How long did we all think this all would last? Who could have counted days as they flew past? But before we go, sing us a song. Sing us a song to hum through the hours of dying. Who would have though it’d come as such a show? A pink and silver day… who was […]
Now its years since your body went flat and even memories of that are all think and dull, all gravel and glass. But who needs them now — displaced they’re easily more safe — the worst of it now: I can’t remember your face. Return. For a while, with the vertigo cured, we were alive […]
Sitting for lunch in a square in this town (this town that I’m new to), new fellow from my new town sat me down and explained it to me: how when I spin from him I spin from myself, the center can double the speed of the crust. Thank you, my treacherous friends. I’m cringing […]
Lot of knots, lot of snags, lot of holes, lot of cracks lot of crags. Lot of naggin’ old hags, lot of fools, lot of fool scum bags. Oh it’s such a drag, what a chore… oh your wounds are full of salt. Everything’s a stress and what’s more, well it’s all somebody’s fault. Hey! […]
Quit acting so friendly. Don’t nod don’t laugh all nicely. Don’t think you’ll up-end me. Don’t sigh, don’t sip your iced-tea. And don’t say, "It’s been a while…" And don’t flash that stupid smile. Don’t ask me how I’ve been. Don’t think I’ve forgotten, you never liked that necklace. So cordial, so rotten… Kiss, kiss, […]
C-C-C-Cinnamon lips and candy kisses, on my tongue. Fun! B-B-B-Buttery eyes, if only cries could come from those eyes. Oh! Have you landed yet and, if so, would you let me know? I’m tired of looking up into those starry eyes. Does it rain where you are? Does it snow? And, if so, remind me […]
