He followed me home again. And his eyes were watering. His eyes were watering. Like a child. . I made-believe for him. That my blood was dripping. My blood was dripping into.
She was a shark smile in a yellow van. She came around and I stole a glance. In my youth, a vampire. Evelyn shown quiet as roses sting. It came over me at a bad time.
Oh, volcanoes melting. Love is overwhelming. Letting your insides out. Blind altercation. Open invitation. Breaking your guard down. Leaving the familiar.
Mercury. Creeping on the sea. How she wails. Flails her arms and weeps. Accumulation of debris. Lips apart. Flapping as a lark. For in the dark there is release.
Just like that, she is. I mean. We are, we are gone. For good. For closing my eye. Too soon. Missed the room. Old magpie. It just passed me through. .
She's got house plants to keep her company. Bought her a goldfish - she named it after me.. We look at old photographs of lovers come and gone. I ask her if it makes her sad she said son you've got so much to learn.