He met her at a bar
in San Pellegrino
Yeah, like the water
but there was more wine
than water there

She was flicking a guitar
that she called "Bambino"
Her papa taught her
but she wasn't the kind
so easy to share

They slept inside his car
outside an old casino
The nights were hotter
than he'd ever find
anywhere

He said she'd be a star
but what the hell did he know?
**** gypsy daughter
broke into his mind
then left him there

She could only go so far
on his euros incognito
The polizia caught her
the guitar left behind
she'd tied him to a chair

She'd emptied out his jar
and his last good cigarillo
Shouldn't a brought her
she's serving time
Bambino in his care

He met her in a bar
in San Pellegrino
He said she'd be a star
what the hell did he know?

Stained glass coffins
Crystalline mosquitoes
Death that masquerades
In silken flags and floras
Languorous beauties
Graffiti of red and violet light
Sirens kiss the bullets
As they scatter them
To burn holes in sepia dreams
Watercolor ghosts
Casting out wildflower candy
Attics that hide under
Strawberry dust and lemons
That melts into mildew
As they pass down the gullet
Layers of ashes in the belly
“But you told us to swallow!”
Masses of children howl
The pretty ghouls hiss back
“Cannot you tell a lie by now,
By the sweetness of its taste?”

I had a dream of a woman
A dream of a tattoo
This woman with a tattoo
With a thin black line from her mouth
From her mouth to her throat, straight down
From her mouth to her thighs
Two halves carry the line
Separate her body
Down her ribs
Through her body
Thoughts and blood
Her heart is two
Her throat is two
She is two
One can
One can’t
She can’t, but wants to
She doesn’t want to, but will
Half a mind to
Marrow and melancholy
Bright eyes
Dark hair
Blue veins
Red lips
Beautiful like a dream

I sit here in the corner...
All alone…waiting...
For what, I wonder?
I hear your labored breathing; I can smell your scent.
I know you are looking for me,
But I don’t want to be found.
What have I done for you to shame me so?
If loving you with all my soul is a crime,
May I be tried in the highest court.

Nothing you say will make me forgive you,
Nothing you do will wipe away the memory.
You know not the pain I feel.
You think I’m naive.
I sit here in the corner,
Hoping you will pass me by,
I’m all alone here...Waiting... for what??

I hear you calling me,
I can see your shadow on the other side.
I cannot let you burn me up, nor can I resist you.
No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.
And how can you understand, my dear?
How will I ever live with you and be happy,
Now I know that you were never mine,
And even though I crave for it,
It shall never be.