burble (we’ve just met)
burble (we’ve just met)
make them work for their tears, 1
make them cold stone their drunk, 2
make them upscrew their shears, 3
you’re my mermaid, you punk. 4
do you feel safe near me? 5
used to be used to being used 6
for amusement, shopping lists, 7
dead friends, muses, seagulls, 8
sweet peas, tortoises and beagles. 9
do you feel safe near me? 10
she said she’s on the letterbox diet 11
and i’d just have to try it 12
because so much is lost in the telling. 13
she’s only thinking of you, you know, 14
watering the orchid, 15
that flower swelling. 16
do you feel safe near me? 17
the phone call was like the hardest ball 18
and someday i promise i’ll laugh 19
at the thing that lay wagging its black tail 20
with a broken back by the side of the road 21
but this bitch accused me of 22
not caring. what should i have said, 23
“thanks for sharing,” like it mattered 24
or i really hadn’t cared? 25
but the dying dog motif 26
came whisper out of the sheath 27
and i could only stare– 28
i’m telling you, man, 29
i don’t want to hurt anyone anymore 30
but i just stared. 31
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