Broken Records.

Come hither, darling

Put your arms around me

Tell me I’m special,

Different.

Your heart pumps hard

As do your pants

You can’t stop thinking about me

Unravel me?

Come, I’ll show you my scars and my scabs

Come, count my grays

Come, dip your finger in the muck

of my mind; have a taste

Come, put your hand on my heart

Feel the stillness.

Now you’ll send me a song

You’ll string me along

You’ll swaddle me

You’ll invade. You’ll try to resuscitate.

I know this game;

Come, let’s go arm in arm. Kiss in the moonlight, see the sun rise, look into each other’s eyes.

Rinse and repeat.

Come, tell me this is special.

It’s your first fairy tale? After ages, you say.

Ah the princes, and their cascading charms.

Someone send me a demon?

The suns, the moons

They’re Hung in the skies

Who’s holding the noose?

Cupid? Fie.