Naked and near
We take blistered path
Close and
Nearing you as you drip
Farther away

Don' tell me baby
That you can't stay
My life here without you
Can't be
Any other way

I'm neath these painted stars
These plastered whites
An' I'm staring at furious horizon
Wishing I was young again
Wishing I still held the kite

Take the river instead
Retrieve Saturns move in lead
I'm begging for forgiveness my darling
I'm praying void of God
That my tune
Can catch the ear of the starling

But the breath
Is always short
When death
Hovers to close
To the napkin

I eat
I sleep
And I stare at the curtains
As they push from
An invisible hand
Coyly persuading me
To kiss the neck
Of the one I adore more
Braze the inner thigh
Of her core more
Caress her incredulousness
More

Breaking on braking
Myself
From a full stop
To snake the nape
Coliding accolades
With Starbursts and
Confucius's misfortunes

I'm your next best friend

I'm the one you forgot

I'm the after thought of your first thought

I'm the money

You were supposed to

Lend.