“Maybe Somebody Will Answer”
As if the drugs weren’t enough,
the animal in the garage
has eaten the leather whips
too feisty to withstand
the waves to suck the silence from you
I’ve forgotten to keep in touch
like I’d prefer a promise
but waves save the answer
become more beautiful to only you
we have no use of you any longer
there is a blue parakeet in the window
we lion you
leaf the life blood from the life flaps
preserve and preserver
for life and endless
and your lie kisses
fill of strawberry and blood
all my pain wants more
and pleasure knows
and doves
a heart to withstand anything
the cold wings of obsession are clean
for all the closed shops
and the screams
our town is nowhere
we’re asleep on a starry ship at night
drifting through a forest of ice
I’d give our shadow to everybody.
nicholauspatnaude 