Black Light

Crawled out from beneath the rock

Crustacean rough and steely strong

A weathered eye with a tickin' heart

I know where and why, but not how long

Exposed against the night

Colors flip and reunite

Under the black light

Sucker punched the misery truck

Sui generis, random luck

Trick the body, but the mind won't follow

The mission is mighty, but the foundation is hollow

Revealed by the night

Switching the polarity of sight

Against the black light

I work far below the surface

Waitin' for semaphore of light in the dark

And they play for me with synergy, lethargy, fantasies

Broken needles and dead batteries

Suspended by the night

It's funny the things you see

When you flip on the black light

Exposed against the night

Colors flip and reunite

That's the lure of the black light