I am standing beside the door greeting guests,
And so god-damn thirsty,
Dousing fire with whiskey and ice when
She walks in, smelling like crushed petals and Italian wine,
And a name I don’t remember
But her dress lingers on and on like crisp white sails,
The only thing I can think about is maybe
She’ll dance with me but the bathroom [...]
Doctor, my eyes have seen the years
And the slow parade of fears without crying
Now I want to understand
I have done all that I could
To see the evil and the good without hiding
You must help me if you can
Doctor, my eyes
Tell me what is wrong
Was I unwise to leave them open for so long
‘Cause I have [...]
Suspended in mid-air on summer heat, I watch the children laugh and skip in the streets. Pink sunlight babbles through Venetian slants; I am drawn to the window, out the door, lighting a cigarette with each halting step. Two, to savor the evanescence. Three, because the sun wears me down.
I am drawn [...]