how do you do it
look at him
without thinking of me
without remembering how we met
held each other in the dark
laughed at nothing in particular
rubbed each other
touched softly
and like that
how do you
wrap your arms around him
or your legs
whatever works for you
at the moment
without feeling me
or
how do you forget
us
in
the
beginning
before everything changed
and we simply forgot each other
together
[Unquestioned Answers]
yeah
I’m in love
since you left
with this woman or that
depending on the night
the place
the music
the booze
I’m in love
with the first cushy thing
who makes me feel wanted
smart
sexy
anything at all
I’m in love
because I can be
because I want to be
because it beats not being in love
with this woman or that
when the time is right
which is anytime
at all
tactics for survival
' 1 '
to be to be taken to be taken away
secured seda ted seduced
inside my last memory your succulent kiss
x-rayed exquisite extinct
[except in my craving]
even as the twilight girls dance
reduced to cliff notes of temptation
useless in the flesh
devastatingly
normal
[except in my cave-in]
nothing succeeds like excess
inside my last dream you
and maybe me
touching embracing sweating
noticing nothing beyond our flesh
inspite of the tears
always predicted always projected always planned
manipulated beyond recognition
like an eclipse through a slit
inside my last fantasy
abbreviated to insignificance
vacant and invulnerable
every twitch a step towards death
relentlessly taken
placidly conceded and condoned
sealed with a kiss-off
noted in passing
elevated to an art
compressed condensed constricted
simply an essence of its former self
nothing escapes
avoidance
righteously applied
to be to take to take away
' 2 '
you were born with a ticket to heaven in your hand
destination guaranteed
stamped passport in your back pocket
to heaven baby to heaven
guaranfuck ingteed
eternal ecstacy assured
not a worry in the world
heaven baby heaven
you were born with a ticket to heaven in your hand
locked up like manson sweetheart
not a worry in the world
stamped passport in your back pocket
eternal ecstacy assured
guaranfuckingteed
heaven baby heaven
stamped passport in your back pocket
destination guaranteed
not a worry in the world
to heaven baby to heaven
you were born with a ticket to heaven in your hand
eternal ecstacy assured
heaven baby heaven
not a worry in the world
destination gua \ranteed
fucking goddamn
guaranfuckingteed
to heaven baby to heaven
destination guaranteed
fucking goddamn
stamped passport in your back pocket
eternal ecstacy assured
destination guaranteed
you were born with a ticket to heaven in your hand
and you fucking blew it
' 3 '
do yourself a favor:
tie yourself to god
naked as a junkie’s lie
deliver yourself
never ask favors
doubt nothing
trust like a breast fed baby
dwell on the sunrise
turn inward
delve into your soul
nurse your wounds
take yourself away from where you are
double or nothing
notice little things
dumbfound your critics
name your god after yourself
drive others crazy and yourself sane
number your friends
dress like you’re in mourning
negotiate peace whenever you can
dream a little dream of me
neglect your heart at your own risk
tie yourself to god
do yourself a favor:
tie yourself to god
