A Shot In The Dark

Day whispers in through the windows Dark smell of cigarettes A sudden shudder chills your chest Exquisite crimson enfolds him Cropped hair and vivid eyes A pinstripe godhead prods your thigh Says, "wakey wakey and rise and shine It's all coming unglued Have I got a story for you Two lovers dragged from the lakebed, Foreign blood inside their mouths Its owner nowhere to be found And you know the hearts of the righteous At least as they wish they were Good's sown by simple slash and burn" And before you plead your sweet ignorance Well he does as he's told Pulls out a pistol and aims for your soul So he slings you over his shoulder Where you droop like molten glass He lays you gently in the grass Truth is a spot in the sun, love A function of chance and time But revolvers rarely ever lie (My legs are locusts and my marrow's a mess Silk swells in my blueberry breast No life, no death I'm heaving honey on the brambles that breathe No sound and no sin in the breeze I'm free, I feed) "Truth is a spot in the sun, yes But shame strands you deep in night Your sleepless spite will leave you blind" But my friend, the world is bright now Whatever could you mean Just then I hear her start to scream Please! Swallow from me! Please! Take what you need! See that lonesome silvereye Go passing through the glowing sky See that lonesome silvereye Just float on by