Aching under his skin.                   his nerves are
Exposed wires that hang low between his
Veins and
                Red goes with blue goes with bleached-bone-white
Goes with nothing at all
Because the angel is dead and the sky
Won’t fall.

The water tastes like cyanide,
The ocean is stripped of salt
Your eyes are stripped of blue;
                Won’t you take mine
Instead?
Won’t you take me home?

Home, o home!                      home is a stupid
                Word for stupid
People who believe in
                      Things like love and
Faith and a world that plays
Fair.
The only fair player in this game was death
And               I always knew he’d cheat in the end.