i'm not a bad person
you just make me feel like one

the pictures up on the wall
the sins and skins you'd say you like all in all
respect the glass and the glue
it takes to hold everything together for you
a sharp twist down in your gut
it never seems enough but enough is a bluff

i want dry teeth
and poison in the blood that i'll bleed
see all you need
but don't need all you see

more on the subject of you
when is it greater than if you put two and two?
oh it's a really nice dream
a hero and a villain who are what they mean
the meat set in the freezer
you hate to pull the bait but it's a crowd-pleaser

the bargaining
the slipping and the slurring

i want dry teeth
and poison in the blood that i'll bleed
see all you need
but don't need all you see

scraps

my thumb pressing down on your tongue

my fingers in the underside of your chin

let me cradle your bones

and i will accommodate your opinions

xxxx

let's slip into little deaths

awake

drink mangoes press paper

we take

more the roads that want less

xxxx

sticks and stones gonna break my bones

gonna dig them up gonna find them homes

xxxx

the whistling wound

the beast that baffles

xxxx

you're a fix

to a shaking bone

you're a mix

to the monotone

you're unsinkable

so unthinkable

you're my only friend

you're a parasite

a clear starry summer night

and after awhile

we'll be like mother and child

you're my only friend

xxxx

she is a fantastic image

she is a great noise

attraction is pressure

i'm a little more than measured

stunning as a presence

more so as an absence

the happy constant

xxxx

you can't keep it from coming

like the hour or the winter

that crust on your skin isn't getting any thicker

you know how hard this is to say

xxxx

and when i say he's dead he's not looking back at me

four walls and a paper jam

i got two complaints they're both looking back at me

who's gonna shake the upper hand?

i am no longer shaking up for you
i am no longer shaking down for you
i am no longer waking up for you

xxxx

what have you always wanted your name to be?

you said it's a dichotomy

i said you got the best of me

xxxx

when did you stop healing?

xxxx

you squeeze my hand

and it's like nothing i've ever felt 
before the tightness behind my eyes

when my hopes and fears

are standing side by side

sugar paper moon

i am here to break more than your heart

trust me

this fire is more than a start

i'll trade it for a rerun

familiar

syndicated

toothless

fun

xxxx

i want to take you anywhere and call it home

you made your choice
drew your lines
satisfied and pacified
choking on your modesty
suffocating, honestly

you made your point
picked your plot
realized and qualified
sticking to banality
rotting like a cavity

do not run away from this
you will never crawl back in time

well wishes
wet kisses
it's not you
ships sailing
you're paling
it's not you
clench your fists
make a wish
it's not you

tall orders
hard borders
it's not you
lost and found
put 'em down
it's not you
lose the traps
take a lap
it's not you

slim pickings
time's ticking
it's not you
my pleasure
scout's honor
it's not you

talk about a way to save the day
easy for you to say

it's not you

all apologies
for something i didn't do

all apologies
if it helps you to get through

all apologies
when you are blind and see-through

all apologies
because you are spineless, too