You woke up nights screaming upright in bed i saw a thin membrane of time between the killer's axe and the back of my head the pre dawn hours weren't long enough to calm us down I'm getting cold poisoned by dim lights and driveways in this town murder I'm untrusting you never so sickened by the hunch that lies were blackening your teeth that day you tricked me out to lunch the fifteen found you in the sack with skinny plain and tall while just beneath the window I was fiddling with the mailbox. I'm sorry if I scared your boyfriend, but I won't let three thousand days slip by so easily again and yeah you caught me in a lie when I said it would be all right it doesn't matter now I know I'll sleep alone again tonight ripped out that stitch not holding it together just one concession is I get to watch you wither. west coast apartment summer time post meridian both stacked unconscious on the couch hell let's just spend the evening in a half a million tiny barbs all putting up resistance fortune in currency from countries blown out of existence. knuckles keep disagreeing the sheetrock. the history of broken hearts if all the spackle cane could talk aren't you lonely yet? God damn it