I once ate the grapes of a pretty good person They were sweet, juicy and had little seeds They lodged themselves in my heart Where they became the memories I held dear
But somewhere along the way, The grapes turned sour and meager and each bite had a tinge of regret, I'd spit out the seeds Only once in a fit of rage, I'd swallowed one
And it grew, and it grew, and the vines would coil around my heart, my lungs, piercing both and growing, feasting, To replace my life with that of your memory
My liver was drunk on the fermentation of my sealed lungs, my crushed heart, my martyred self, who spread bare across your roots It tastes a bit like your moldy basement.