Would you offer your throat till the white roses run red Would you tilt your neck till it mimics the gallows bite Would you arch your back while my fingers grip you like the rack Shoulders of a beast set to prowl Distance met by a jump of static Graze along sanguine thrum Intoxicant for syringe canine Moment to savor before the plunge Pour in my mouth Lap at the slice Nails coffin, sign your song to my back Only the moon plays observer Voiceless the scream Mirror the clouding heavens light Cherish the life that flows from you Glee it fills in me Edge to the end, the final drip From my arms, to the ground do you slip