stabilize my palpitating throat
spray paint my pupils
and infuse my blood with st johns wort,
stabilize my palpitating throat
as my hand cups the frame of your face,
only a foolish general sends troops unprepared
is it you or are my eyes really that blurry,
there’s no button for this jet-pack
reset the thermostat and boil us in and out of rage,
its like watching a magician pull handkerchiefs out
trails of joined up lies spill onto the carpeted floor,
trying to disinfect my heart with a baptism
along its length the brows raised at the burning font,
I dream of a sensual ocean, a stewed pot of embrocation
to rub on my soul and to lift its scars and the debts incurred,
hide yourself in its dance, make yourself unavailable
wounded by stupidity and regret we still walk on track,
I sang it so loud that my ears popped and my eyes vibrated
like a buccaneer perspiring on a creaking plank,
you’re an angel but your wingspan is self denying
the bone china love we have is a sunday best, a treats prank,
stabilize my palpitating throat
the world of reason glides a kite about my dormant frame,
twist your fingers in the credence that we’ve bought back
I was once a stallion, now just a nag galloping lame,
Preferido o celebrado por...
