a clean line moonlight bends a collarbone drink strung tight
strung tight
wheel along the artery the streetlights
drift the eye-beams collide
slow dissolve the car-chase
draining gasoline shines a skin
across the water
barely
touching now sad eyes when you’re vampiring
again
carry your violence light carry the moonlight
seed the sleep in
your eye the blue of the pilot
light
mask maker herat fire eater throat rice water brain
perfect stray perfect stray
dead friends shade your sad eyes
when you’re vampiring again by
the cold unflattering
light
carry the glass in your jaw carry the flatlands
in the base of your
spine the city is rusting there
the
weather never cared barely touching now spilling down
the
stairs for this time around
tight pretend
imperfection imperfection imperfection
carry your
violence light carry it like a lost limb itches and aches
a
second you can’t forget
carry your violence light
carry the mooonlight seed the sleep in
your eye the city is
rusting there