Sapphire Dust

You brought gemstones into this house

Against my wishes

Ignoring my commands

And now we've got Demons

Demons with devil hands

I tried to warn you

Because I knew you'd break the rule

And now we're being dragged down into hell

The light is refracting

From the fires you meant to start

And the Demons are smiling

Cutting opals into hearts

So this leaves the both of us

At the beck and call of minions

But I've got to admit

I'm starting to like these diamonds

Use a clamp to close your hole. Please close that hole.

Never Mind the Bullocks

You talk about losing your center

News Flash: You have no center

You panic with the belief you are untethered

None of us is Sandra Bullock (except, of course, Sandra Bullock)

Like meat right off the grill

We all need to give it a rest

And once rested our juices will find purchase within our cells

Giving us a sense of fullness

And it is this which allows us to put the gun down

To put the knife down

To put the Extra Strength Tylenol back into the medicine cabinet

And wake up tomorrow with the same dumb illusion

Of a center

Of a norm

You are dumb. We are dumb and must abandon the fear of what we are!

Nuvigil

I took a half tab of Nuvigil

So I wouldn't fall asleep and die on my drive home

But now I'm wired

Legally wired out of my fucking gourd

And I want it to stop

I want to feel tired and normal

Hell, I've always wanted to feel normal

Even though the medical community

Has deemed me eligible for sanctioned drugging

And even though they want me to take this shit daily

It's been three months since my last use

And now I remember why I've avoided it

Yeah, this nutrient sucks. I know.

And maybe it just tells you straight up what's happening

Which makes for a bland analytic

But I have nothing else to give you

Other than a glimpse into my discomfort

And yeah, I could explain my sleep disorder

But that wouldn't change my current experience

Nor would it change my decision to stay alive on my drive home

But it may assuage my self judgment

By fishing for platitudes

Using a barbed #12 treble hook

Loaded with Pautskes Balls of Fire and a touch of Zekes

Use drugs on fish! You are what you eat!

Ethanol (Fitness Edition)

We had the whole tease scenario down

You were going to wear a wig

And I was going to be the unreadable CHP supervisor

But it turned out that just the two of us showed up

And I fumbled the prepared lines

And your wig reminded us of an old friend

We ended up watching television

But we didn't kill anyone

And we didn't start a regional conflict

And we didn't establish a refugee camp

Unable to meet the needs of the influx of refugees

We should always be suspicious of scripted orgasms. Sex on the beach, hell yeah!

Mag 64

I saw your mom's house for sale on Realtor.com

So I looked at the 17 exclusive photos

And My breath caught in my throat when I saw the layout

Your kitchen was the same kitchen I had seen

When your mom would go off to work the night shift

it's been 33 years and oh shit

The living room is the same

Not like "memory same" but exact same

Like we could still be there on the floor

Navigating the denim barriers

That separate dry humping from the real thing

The exclusive photos left me haunted

Our teenage ghosts had waited there to ambush me

Either you or your mother had left a trap for me

She, from the grave

You, from your broken heart

And I applaud the both of you

For successfully freaking the living fuck out of me

Buy a house and start it on fire. Please start yourself on fire.