you dream of sleep
and you sleep to wake
when the sun comes up
you take and you take

i'm not looking for a hand
i'm not looking for your heart either
as i'm sure it's fastened up to a head full of fever

i'd like to say i know best
being the owner of these organs
which i can share or tear or keep locked in my skeleton

i am together alone
a perfectly functioning machine
fully self-supporting the likes of which you've never seen