25 pale blue julys My moon floats soggy and Dimming Breaking apart and Sinking Amongst this Acid sunshine I am a peacock in eels skin And i want to remember to forget All those awful Septembers Hack them off of my skin But they regenerate quickly Like stubborn tumors I am just the dust on a napping cat I hold the bottle up to my lips Like a samurai sword to the throat Except with much less honor I pull the chain on the overhead Light It flickers a bit Then decides to sleep And the stars follow me like Night gnats And i put my body down Forever or just tonight It is not up to me 25 pale blue julys The worm crawls up Past the rain Tastes the sun And laughs