I light a fire on both sides
of the river
because I’ve got nothing else
going for myself
while I shout confessions
at the river
and watch them sink
like rocks
until all I got left
is this mouth
and two fires
and everything
slowly
hits
bottom.
I’m kissing half a million birds when I kiss you
how much could you take
from the corners of my mouth
and will you put it back again
I want it back again
I glow in the dark when I’m with you
and you laugh
for twenty minutes
with your head back
on the remote
Calendars make sense when I miss you
and wrap myself in arms
the size of cranes
THOSE YELLOW MONSTERS
I can’t believe
you considered climbing
Would you go all the way with me
if there was no harm in falling?
Please tape my hands to your ribs
no this is not a fetish girl
I just want to
be part of something
I can’t control
And read my lips all you want now
the man in the mirror is sewing his mouth shut
and he’s like halfway done.
Eventually all birds must land.
Sirens from the distance remind you all this
might have been a mistake
as you spray flawless pentagrams
onto the gravel at the highway turnaround.
The cops don’t stand a chance
if you walk the devil on a leash.
I hear you breathe through the walls
we’ve painted not too long ago
three layers in two days
Will this be enough paint?
It should do for now.
it never did
though I’ve been waiting for
your breathing to soften
like meat in teeth
it never did
there’s no paint left
and white is not even a real color
I know that now
I put all my stuff on your backseat
you put all your crimes in a paperbag
friendly fire in the streets
we keep moving
to fight this thing in different places
burn a flag, burn a cross, burn some calories
while moving on the ashes
we keep dancing cause we’re cold
Your hands strike a boulevard
Between this place and a place by the sea
I dream slowly
And I drive fast
With a gun in my lap
And your voice stuck in my head
All you asked for was something interesting
Like a kiss at the door
Clothes on the floor
But now I’m tired
So
Let’s not make love here
Let’s not talk it out
Let’s just not speak at all
We’re both full of what this room is full of
But
I’ll do my best to look alive
As you sing into my mouth
No, I’m not tired of these songs
the monster under your bed
wakes you gently that night:
I dont care what everyone thinks
I like you more than just friends
and despite the bony ankles
you’re the creature I’m falling for
you roll your eyes
but eventually
lift your blanket
all the way
’cause you know
it will leave
as you turn on the shower
as you do every morning
’cause you’re clean like that
