Waiting for my clock to break an arm I wonder why there are two moons In the sky on the mirror above the ground I stroll upon in the dark dark night But who would listen to my footsteps That contradict their own resonation For I always walk In sanity
II
How do we talk And how do we walk? Like innocence drowned in chalk Or just abhorrence painted black? Why does the mirror shatter? It is because of beauty, or a heart blackdusted, like this— like this like this like this like this like this like this like this like this like this like this dislike
III
Following your eyes and their dauntless form I beat the tears out of the moon In the bog where we used to mourn For deceased children whose hearts shone bright But who would weep along to us Whose sirens live alone in contradiction For we always talk In sanity