Empire; Empire
Marked with glee
Spangles
And prosperity

Dark, dank, deceased
Eyes rolled back
Empire Empire  
Your Godly reign

Empire; Empire
Bleeding me
Etherized;
I cannot sleep

Dark, dank, deceased
Amor patriae

i've seen the view
from upon the cross
i've looked down upon my sins
i've been that ragged christmas tree
with tired sprawled out limbs

i've bared a crown of thorns
and been wrapped in bright gold tinsel love
and all i've seen from this view
was wide blue eyes staring up at me
licking lips
and hanging jaws

and who woulda thought
i'd find it here?
swirling in the toilet bowl
colors
from my gut
twisting round&round;
with my reflection
like a painting by Van Gogh

your lips
have me wrapped up
like pink bubble gum
all snug
around your finger
winding
tighter and tighter



      and i swear some time soon
i'm gonna snap

i wish i could say
that making love to you
is like jacking off to a wall
but when we sleep together

****
i ring my heart out
raw

talking to you is like
taking a ****
in a public bathroom stall
its like that feeling your arm gets
after its been strung around
that girl you likes
shoulder for too long
talking to you is like
getting caught picking your noes
by your ex's best friend
its like spitting back at rain
its like winning the lotto
on your ******* death bed

I must admit
when i go to bed at night
you're not the person
on
   my mind
when it comes to love & shooting stars
     lips & ******* and hugging thighs

you just don't quite make the cut

but

right now sprawled out naked in my bed
floating in a puddle of sweat

the thought of your cigarette stained lips
   working at my neck
those innocent smiles
and eskimo kisses

     your thumb stroking
the lining of my waist

drunk &
stupid

i realize
loneliness is far worse
than mere
complacency