FTW
Just lean into me
And I’ll lean into you, too-
That’s how we’ll survive
Just lean into me
That’s the only way for us-
Back to back, guns drawn
Just lean into me
Harder still, when your side’s dark
Trust my eyes to see
Just lean into me
Can you feel me leaning back?
My side gets dark, too
Just lean into me
We’ll follow sparks from flintlocks
Wait- or are those stars?
Just lean into me
Muzzle flashes lend us light
We’ll fight our way out
Heading for the front
Never coming out the back
Just lean into me
Acceptance Speech
Confess to me
A bleeding tongue dripping gold
Cut me
Warm skin but the steel is cold
Bind me
Only ancient arts mend wounds so old
Blind me
A last glimpse at cards you refuse to fold
Drown me
Made fast to’er mast as she’s pitched & rolled
Scorch me
Touch off powder from th’flintlock you hold
Envelop me
Who can deny what our stars foretold?
Rib(disjointed)
Yawning wide, the expanse
Threatening snaps
(Begging slaps)
Splayed open, call it ivory
Should it tickle? I’ll dig deeper
Raked, this xylophone
A wind instrument- played percussively
Dots and dashes, sound graffiti
~da-dittit~
Cursed in Braille
Smile in silence, and trace my trail
Turnt down now, and leveled up
Higher still, that the low country broils
Red with steam, butter sopped
A golden arch, and served (my pleasure)
Drowned in sound, and muffled breaths
Five to live, or rescue death
Here we start, back at the end
Facing away, moving forward
End at the back, just where we started
Bottom to top
Bottom to top
Smile in silence, and trace my trail
Bearing Crosses
Beginning
With no ending
Misrepresentations
Of a life aquatic
Coming in waves
Pitched from the lip
Caught him by the toe
Not to hold
Nor
hold down
Held under
By painted fish
Who despise their own wetness
And
stay dry
Now I’m soaked
Imaginary scales
Tell two soft lies
And
Play rough
And
Smother my mouth, eyes, ears
Yet
evil is spoken, seen, heard
Feed me blood
Nourishment not in the cards
Nor
the stars
Death little
Death big
Life unsustained equally
In the cosmos
Or
Under the sea