“there’s blood drops coming down from the ceiling”

“the kiss of the devil

is pressed in a book”

“When he pulls the knife, I remind him
I’m already dead.”

“Son of a bitch! Give me a drink!”

“I felt a fire

slowly walking through me”

“The Greatest Performance in the Wake of Renewed Violence”

“I punched
cloud of my coat under arm and quietly
left.”

“I kept a fork in my
bag. I kept keys between my
fingers.”

“physically ill for the absolute hopeless stupidity of human beings”

“If I get on top and put it in just eleven times”

“Replace my body in your bed
with a bag of bruised plums,

dripping.”

“like pulling a chord that drops a piano on your head”

“The absence, eaten by packs of stars.”

“remember when we were roommates of Despair?”

“love is being remembered, but only for the losing of it”

“When the world is on paper, I’m in love with everywhere.”

“We keep tearing down and building up”

“I ate him up, three small bites”

“Something about this fits like a key into the lock of me.”