Saturday, January 14, 2006

drink me instead (for ryan)

i'm finally home to find your bones
like a dropped receiver hung from its phone
the devil used the valves of your heart
to play blindfolded darts

all the furniture is pie shaped
all the furniture has been rearranged
like a bull's eye wandering off
we throw all our coins to hopeless lost causes
like a bulls eyes wandering off
we throw all our coins to hopeless,
hopeless lost causes

i'm the mark of the maker
the maker's kindest mark
engraving your paper
probing into your dark

do me a favor
don't piss on my bark
keep your lucid eyes
keep your lucid

throw out my back
rip my best skirt
you were sober when i left
the hot face of your furnace

tracing your closed eyes
the tilt of your skull's lead
the sogginess of your holy bread
i climbed inside your bottle
hoping you'd drink me instead

you'd pass out just the same
from love's shot to your brain
you'd pass out just the same
from love's shot to your brain

i'm the mark of the maker
the maker's kindest mark
engraving your paper
probing into your dark

do me a favor
don't piss on my bark
keep your lucid eyes
keep your lucid