Complacent Replacement, pt. 2

sometimes a cigarette rolled too tight
goes out, and you renew the fire
i've never been so meticulous
or quite so ridiculous
in making sure
that i inhaled
all of my toxic death
and oh, my elizabeth
it all dwindled when you returned
and now that it's completely burned
the curb is reserved for the butt
of every twisted joke

Complacent Replacement, pt. 1

placate the sunlight;
sing intoxication
so then, when each bullet taken
(forsaking my heartbreak
and repressing your reprieve)
regresses -- only the lonely
autumn leaves
will throw cigarettes at you
and feed you death
come back, elizabeth

venom's temptress
snake dance: sin
a snake that just won't shed its skin

Head Monster

regrettably conscious of falsities
the vein tangibility of monstrous monstrosities
alarming a charming young prince…
without restriction; entangling his diction
doused in his morbid capacity for fiction!

pensive eyes; a vicious heartbeat
incentive? demise! catharsis complete!
ten cents more for an artist to eat
starvation beguiles all your concrete convictions
a trick is too much of a hassle, so which one?
for every white lily on which you may lay
my castle is crumbling every day!

disarm
though you're harmed,
and you're wrung,
and you're rinsed
mistakenly making a knave of your prince
your love letters scribbled
and words minced to pieces
convinced that the vulnerable live to be teased
betrothed to the loathing of owing and paying
unclothed, and so rather than knowing, you're praying

Frantic, Part Two: Vice

tumble home for an overdose
my most unfathomably irreconcilable vice
comatose; revive and roll the dice
every place looks like the destination
contamination…detour… snake eyes.
for love, i care to heal!
reciprocate the appreciation
i'm no more than achilles
you know where to aim
forget about it!
let's smile now

Frantic, Part One: Fuck!

sweaty model of a man
so enveloped by femininity
without a woman
doubts, amnesia, castration
inebriation, the ease
now! the thing about poison
is that it kills you

Ghost

courting a ghost
lazarus has too good a memory;
love is hip shaking in ecstasy
love is a birdsong on my lap
love is a leather jacket and disregard
love is an unbearable sunday morning
salsa, salsa, salami, arroz
jorge the stripper does nothing but adore you!
arrogant adonis determinist
nobody knows as much as you do
shut up! obesity is the issue at hand
i am a man
above logic, beyond me
handsome and a handful
equilibrium calls for consistency!
there's nonesuch for lovers
but you're alive again
contorting your host

Max and Malcom

faux knock bang rhythm
inverse acoustic class
observatory accountant scrolling his rewards
grease and unsettlement
alka seltzer philosophy --
outcasted by precise composition
broadway is no place for a scoundrel
and what's in a name?