Vanity

Going home Under a cloud of styrofoam Flattened to the ground Violent light dissolving shamefully Someone's name Stuck to a sole The morning train Heavy in the cold All the way I feigned immunity Vanity Vanity Vanity made a monster out of gravity Carried on Where anyone wiser would be gone Bubble wrapping sense Time suspends, you don't feel anything Lose it once It counts as a hard pre emptive punch Almost self defence But after one it looks like savagery Vanity Vanity Vanity dresses up as honest industry Old from young Double the years, not half as dumb As lost as anyone Slept it off Dreamed an apology Panic fades There's always an end But it's not today The battle goes away Pile your ammunition in the street Urgency Urgency Urgency made decisions on behalf of me