In the land of the burning snakes
The sugar canes
The mud
beating hearts are bleeding up on the tower
Dearest darling
We stare at each other with teardrops in
your eyes
The pure dark blue sea hitting the blackest
cliff with such violence
That it is tearing our souls
APART
A dime at a time
The roar of a hundred meter wave could not
drown your empty heart
Your long black hair in braids
of water and fireflies and green bindweed
I got along without you very well in the
times of war
the sun is setting
and You always had to get way
The only lights burning now are the last prayers
for the day
The pristine robes of the sisters of mercy
And those Saint Elmo’s fires you hide under
your lips
Like a torch for the terrified sailor
Trembling amidst the storm
I will buy those violets for your fur
hold hands with the cowboys and wish for
some drenched earth
and some lullabies
and Almond
Joys
The green jade idol with a moving head
and white shark eyes
Looks exactly like you did
The stone cold knife with all the tears
and all the rest
my sweetheart the venomous
The treacherous wife
She did me, she'll do you, she's got
that kind of loving
in her veins,
a golden Trojan horse
a game of cards
you always moved your tongue too fast
I just wanna smell your broiling breath
again
And die inside you
Again
Watch the storms
Ask the hangman to hold it a little
while
You know for sure than a man ain’t nothing
but a man
and fire
and a crave
and some warmth
and meat
