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Where has my passion gone? Has it been carried off by some lonely driver in a line of florescent light? Has it been blurred together in ribboned patterns on the night? Along the st...Read Full Lyrics

Destined as the servant to the night Where your moon dreams of the dirt and the sharp tongue of your zealous will Is only congruent with the salt in your mouth And the approaching ...Read Full Lyrics

With all life profaneThe ladles cradlingStreams of buttermilkCurrent stretch outAnd alabaster lips unsealSo I may recallThe soft timbre ofWhisper in its stillness, stillAlabaster l...Read Full Lyrics

Shadows extend east and CortazarStares at womenShuffling by who blot their lipsFrom violent menAnd say "god bless you"From violent menAnd say "god bless you"I sulk with pause andLo...Read Full Lyrics

A cold floor fit for you In all your midnight shameNo one coming quickly to save you from the afterHurried with the hounds nowHe's my own (eclipsing my love, his Rottweiler sermon)...Read Full Lyrics

In blur, fatherGlanced over stirredImagined you laughingMuddied feet dancingWhat is this aching prism?This prison wincingReceiving sudden swaths of dogmaWandering over royal yonder...Read Full Lyrics

Held my breath and drove through a maze of wealthy homes I watched how green the trees were I watched the steep walkways and the white fences I gripped the wheel I sweated against ...Read Full Lyrics

Nothing changes the conditionDormant sooted desertionAnd when a violet peeling shows teeth glowing, horizons fleeing, lilacs swayingA sublime wander through summer fireThe char, th...Read Full Lyrics

He painedShifting his attention toward the mirror across the roadBack into his daydreamThe spliff burned his fingers the second he drankAnd he tossed it toward the gutterThe smoke ...Read Full Lyrics

Hindered by sober restlessnessSubmitting to the amber crutchThe theme in my aching proseFantasizing the sight of ManhattanThat pour of a bitter red being that escapes a thin frameT...Read Full Lyrics