breathing, just
memory corroded
please, please
remindlessness got me wrapped 'round its finger
again and again

this bed lies empty once more
insomnia wilts in this sangria sky
patchwork dreams corrode in thronging lies
eyelids flutter, drift outside

where crocodile-skinned zebras graze
and pygmalion crawls out the iris of lavender
outstretched hands offer wine and myrrh
statues rust into some orange-twine blur
this abstracted laugh breaks down
to a cough
and then a curse

and i'm floating again
stalking the earth
powder's all over the mezzanine
powder dusted on windowsill-and-tin
move on, forget

because i thought love was a subject
i could learn,
i thought there were rules and formulas
on how to love,
when to love,
why we love

i am interrupted by
the humming
of ground-teeth machinery, oh
heaven's turned upside down
and what am i going to do?
five A.M on angel street
another minute shifts,
another minute dies
as i wait here without you