I say I love you
And I do
I do so much I will build
The greatest creature the Universe could ever know
With energy to destroy even such great energy
And love enough for all and then some
One who will make us put our hands together
And pretend, forever and ever
Amen!

Painfully awake at two in the morning
Candy talks about space weapons
And their orbital, falling metal rods:
Terminal velocity, bunkers and deep *******
The blood swells and my heart cranks
The warmth and wet of solid teeth on flesh
200 different words for ***
For a tribe of ***** Eskimos
With a treaty banning lack of such madness
No metal rods shall fall from the sky

With perfect deadpan delivery
The doctor called it cancer
You laughed so hard you cried
And called it a challenge
You said you had always dreamed
Of being a cancer survivor
What an opportunity

1.  Klondike bars
2.  Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
3.  Out of rope
4.  Just joined the cult to get laid
5.  Turns out mom and dad do understand
6.  Tie: The Price is Right and Matlock
7.  It's called responsibility!
8.  High as hell on life
9.  Foes still unvanquished
10.  ***
11.  Drugs
12.  The Wise and Mighty Zoroaster
13.  Rock 'n' Roll
14.  You

I want a dog who is a big fat coward like me
And barks only behind thick glass television screens
Face to face his tail is between his legs
And he looks away from dogs half his size
He hides under the bed during storms
And licks robbers on the knees
He is a companion that knows what it is to fear
To envy the bravado of the brawny action star
When your only catchphrase is trembling
My dog bounds into the foggy recesses I forgot exist
No longer in sight
I hear him bark and claw at the echoes within