i look at you like a broken kaleidoscope that i had as a child.
though it was broken
i convinced mom to let me keep it
because kaleidoscopes are ok to keep when they break
they're confusing and ****** up to begin with
the picture never made sense anyway
so spiderweb-y cracks aren't noticed
it still looks pretty
when you look through it
kaleidoscopes are really good at looking pretty
i could look for a long time
and not get bored
even when it was broken
it still looked
pretty

you are my broken kalediscope

I'd like to be someone's drug
that induces a high
like no other
with no lows to follow
an electric shock, hallucinations
beautiful kalediscope
I would like to be a drug
almost more than I want to do them

Another time, there is no girl
In her beautiful truck
And there’s no me
Hitchhiking lonely beside the road
But there is a Kaleidoscope
Hung from a tree like a dead camel
Draped seductively in red bed sheets
But the twist is
When you look into the Kalediscope
You see her again
But now she’s got a purple flower in her hair
And is playing Jazz on a Harp.
And she sees you.