we were once that bouquet
we were once that bound she says
scarlet eyes I’ll never be a million miles away
I’ll sniff yer garden out spell you out
sample yer cuts pluck yer pretty frostbite
I’ll undress yer skeleton
with a fireman’s kiss girl if I get hold of you she says
look out
look how
I can contemplate yer mouth blood star
between our lips entangled decomposition
the gelatinous phase
the science of kissing
the drone of droning
the drone of moaning
stay in yer skin
stay in yer skin someplace near the surface
stay ‘till mantra malfunction
stay ‘till mantra meltdown
stay ‘till we can’t tell invasive mantras anything
stay well past not wanting to hear a single word of it
not even the anesthesiologist can save us tonight she says
scarlet eyes I’ll never be
a million miles away but this fucking blood star
between our lips is a breeding ground scarlet eyes
I swear we grew an evil moon jelly
in the garden
from the purple violet orange green blue red it is true
we grew an evil moon jelly
in the garden
all of the while sleeping in our winter bed
that place that seldom seems warm
a branch in the snow
scarlet eyes I’ll never be
a million miles away I say
it’s all because of that blood star
that bad seed
caused me to eat the kid’s intestines
for real this time
you wouldn’t do that
oh but I might
I might sample yer cuts pluck yer pretty frostbite
I’ll undress yer skeleton
with a fireman’s kiss girl if I get hold of you
I’ll shake and shake and shake the vines loose ‘till legs hang
in silver space and take and take and take to yer skin and ignore
the shed for 5 seconds already
take to yer skin and ignore the shed for a season already
now let winter moon jelly fill flower’s sleeping center
now waking
into a well rounded fingerprint
spiralling out of mind
stay and ingest vast quantities
of this folded flesh
we are the bouquet
we are bound
it’s just that at times I am over sensitive
to the substance I ingest
it’s just that at times I am over sensitive
to the sunshine
it’s just that at times
I need to see how far out yer willing to get
before you forget
about this leftover skin and tuck in
and tuck in
