fever for a second
I arrive it is darkening
follow thin roads past
she was whispering for me
ashening to grey
caught a glimpse between thumb and forefinger
she said it deep
kissed me on my lips
wrapped in a soft blue
throw the ladder in the hole
I click us into darkness
and we are perfect
sun ballooning lazily
gently wreathed in whore hair
ankle deep in thick black
a fever for a second
fever for a second then we become dark
fever for a second
then we become dark
I had a photographic glimpse
diffuse green light
smears it with her lipstick
a tiny dead click
a broken wing and everything that breathed
skin a soft dark cupboard moving on its knees
hazy gas lights
she had cobra eyes
black poison flag she screamed as she fell
rolling oceans fade to black
the bitter wind through the soft warm folds
softness seducing the sun cold
it slowed and settled
and I wouldn’t go near that house on the hill
April 9th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
the song to which these lyrics go is at
www.myspace.com/basementangels