Too much static on the phone, Slurred words like an electronic Intoxication That only the creatures of the night could translate, I wait for you to finish, To quit pouring out your heart For no real reason. Why are there tears? Why are there tantrums? I find myself throwing back the blades, Words so sharp It's like I am there plunging them Into you myself. I shake, I quiver, The stream of assailing aggression Drowning the mouthpiece Until I am sure it'll burst into flames And shatter into oblivion.