i still let him in
though he be a stranger
i gave him a smoke
he gave me a hammer
i struck up a match
and he swung it hard
now i have cancer
and two broken arms
the skin of his face
peeled away like a caul
we fed it to neighbours
who lived down the hall
i made him a mask
to wear to the bars
now i don't see me
i only see scars
he went for a walk
i followed me home
we took out the garbage
then took out my bones
stacked them up high
in the corner to see
together we made
a skeleton tree.
he brought me a mirror
to prove I’m not dead
the mirror just showed me
the back of his head
we found some paint thinner
and drank it with dinner
I laughed and he cried
and we died in our bed
Oct 31, 2025
Oct 31, 2025 at 4:19 AM UTC
i still let him in
though he be a stranger
i gave him a smoke
he gave me a hammer
i struck up a match
and he swung it hard
now i have cancer
and two broken arms
the skin of his face
peeled away like a caul
we fed it to neighbours
who lived down the hall
i made him a mask
to wear to the bars
now i don't see me
i only see scars
he went for a walk
i followed me home
we took out the garbage
then took out my bones
stacked them up high
in the corner to see
together we made
a skeleton tree.
he brought me a mirror
to prove I’m not dead
the mirror just showed me
the back of his head
we found some paint thinner
and drank it with dinner
I laughed and he cried
and we died in our bed
