“How Dare You”

“How Dare You”

Because to drink of monsters

hold my hand for this death rattle

out of this carnival ride to the stars

if you’re blind by hand it’s a skeleton’s

my ropes are all a spiderweb’s

my dead dream arms are a video game’s

my hearts are monitors

wait for me by the frosty porch window

wait for me by the night of a television

wait for me by the blind mice

wait for me at rooster’s.

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