i bit my lip through to my gums
chewed my cheek ******
and drank myself numb
just trying to soothe
the sting of our guns
and keep myself from reloading

of all of the things that we've both been saying
some of mean intent 
others have no meaning
no navigatable course known yet
no sounding of fathoms below it
if we stay on this sea we will
die

talking out loud in conversation about...
nothing, with no one i can see
ghosts of yesterday
and easy shade,
please stay away, please,
they fuel my hope
in what must be fantastic

dragging my love around
until my wheels grind me
to my bones, and further down
a psyhic amputee
laughing because i favor  funny now
when coming down to it, naturally.