The kind of woman who walks naked… Covered in oil Who blows lavender smoke into lace And sleeps dressed in beads of lus… Who bends to dust your heart off

Just us and the snow Speaking only in clouds of steam Like parched dragons We are the kings of this morning I can only hope to relive this mom…

The Eternal Pearl and His Maiden Invisible in the eye Of the two great lovers We do not warrant counting She, a fertile blushing blue

Let’s go for a walk Let’s burn the midnight oil And discuss tomorrows like we’re w… Slowly and with trepidation Are you cold? Let me hold you

I heard the t-t-ticking We stood in our underwear Drinking juice glasses of tequila In Liz Taylor’s kitchen My baby face was thinning

You are the rain hanging in the ai… Filling me with sap You are heavy like the thunder Rolling overhead rolling over, ove… When the heat just has to break

Call me Apollo Whisper it into a landline receive… Wring your hands While considering the implications Of feminine control dressed

Let’s Dance Until We’re Dead Let’s clap our bones together Snap thunder between our joints And shimmy to the funeral marches Let’s say to hell with all the

I want to hold you like a cigarett… You know, when you say you don’t r… Deny any desire to light a match And pretend like you don’t think o…

I’ve begun to notice Your names everywhere. One of you lives in that book on t… The other repeats in a song that… Over and over,

I will let my wings bear me into b… Every time Rather than the pitch of darkness I would rather spin out for someth…

There is now a hole In the middle of my chest It’s all begun to spill out Memories and memento mori Feelings kept hidden

The grocery store The auto parts store The plant nursery Everything is a dollar general now Student loan commercials

It’s just there and you won’t be a… It’s there and it’s always leaving… Live with it as your sleepy roomma… Thanks for coming over, have you m… Once in a while he stabs me. But…

Finally, I howl. My fingers soaked in seven or so m… Of pent up lust, admiration and de… The scream comes from someplace de… I keep it going longer in order to…