When something snaps The ****** all bolt Dogs out the traps We all collapse Down the plughole Like turned on taps Jaded expats Bourbon, poker All throw craps Black top hats Line the road Like mourning bats Marital spats Crystal prisms Where love refracts Wear navy slacks Stare out to sea As mars attacks Nightmares hide facts Flattened like focaccia Under fifteen all-blacks Fuss over Goldman sachs You know we only blink When it's the shirt on our backs