If I could, I'd give you pretty things, like the sun & the stars.
Or flashy things, like flying race cars.

Instead I'll peel off my freckles and give 'em to you.
'Cause that's the best of me and the best I can do.

pay no attention to god.
he is not like you & me.
(he wears his socks to bed.)

the gang's all here
come on in
take off your clothes
jump/dive/swim
make a splash
create a mess
don't look back
don't second-guess
walk on water
choke on air
grow some gills
you're ill-prepared
take your thoughts
off the shelf
drown your dreams
drown yourself

Cold pizza.
Storm of the century.
Draped in lies & love.
Funny glasses.
Shark tank disaster.
Too old & cold for *******.
Flashed before me.
Rollerskates. Pardon me, "-blades."
Don't like pizza crust.
Manning up, facing demons.
Worst midnight snack ever.

Swell
means two different things.

One like
a poor bird's stomach with rice in it.

Another like
good! That's great! I'm happy to hear that!

I'm swollen.
One meaning.

Like the bird.
I'm about to explode.

I'll spray the paint inside my mouth
and tag myself with my secret gang.

That song we sang and the words we wrote
are lodged in my throat.

And I hope it's not too late to rearrange
this melody so that I can change.

I'm hopelessly, incredibly,
stuck here with nowhere else to be.

You shook me up. You ran me out.
Hope your stupid plans pan out.

I'm so over art.

I'm over art for art's sake.

I'm over art for Pete's sake.