Such an intent stareOne eye at a timeYour talons like fish hooksYou are a rare birdThe kind I wouldn't even mindWriting in the margins of my booksSometimes I see myselfThrough the eyes of a stray dogFrom an alley across the streetAnd my whole mission just.. Read »
Imperfectly
I'm okayif you get me at a good angleand you're okayin the sort of lightand we don't looklike pages from a magazinebut that's all rightthat's all rightI crashed your pickup truckand then I had to drive it back homeI was cryingI was so scaredof what you wo.. Read »
Imagine That
imagine that i am onstageunder a watchtower of punishing lightand in the haze is your face bathed in shadowand what's beyond you is hidden from sightand somebody right now is yawningand watching me like a tvand i've been frantically piling up sandbagsagai.. Read »
If It Isn't Her
standing like john wayneshe is full framedshe is center stageand my imagination israttling in its cageI didn't really noticewhen everything else disappearedbut as far as I'm concernedif it isn't herit isn't hereshe says do I know youI say well, no, not bi.. Read »
If He Tries Anything
i'm invincibleso are youwe do all the thingsthey say we can't dowe walk aroundin the middle of the nightand if it's too far to walkwe just hitch a ridewe got rings of dirtaround our neckswe talk like auctioneersand we bounce like checkswe smell like shits.. Read »
I'm No Heroine
you think I wouldn't have himunless I could have him by the ballsyou think I just dish it outyou don't think I take it at allyou think I am strongeryou think I walk taller than the restyou think I'm usually wearing the pantsjust 'cause I rarely wear a dre.. Read »
I Know This Bar
i know this barwith a jukebox full of medicineand christmas lights blinkingaround a clouded mirrorit's not that farfrom old voelkers bowling alleyjust go up there and turn rightit's about four blocks from hereyou'll probably find graceher shift starts at .. Read »