KODACHROME

Kicking clouds into the shapes we want Bunched sitting as close as they come When I found you, it was June Blondie poster in your sunlit room Stay awake till noon, your eyes are the moon Push off the sheets, we'll lay there instead Radio singing words you've already said We'll write our names on the ceiling between cracks And be still in this restless track Do you believe in God or anything at all You screamed at me as we waltzed silent in the hall I've read every word of your crowded pages It's much too wordy and a good bit jaded I believe in only what's not inside my mind The thin-faced veil of design where I'm paralyzed That acts as a certain defense of mine To keep from believing in a divine, I'm fine I'm terrified of all of my friends I hate that I think I'm not like them Sometimes I take them all for granted To sit still and be silent in a crash I'm dancing with my hands round the gash Don't want the memories to be too slanted Take my melodies for truth and my ransom At least I'm funny and your sister says I'm handsome When I come down, I'll be a little too late for dinner But when I do, I'll stand up on the counter Scream I'm not finished till I think I am And wait for the roaring applause to roll in