An orange glow reflects off the pavement from the...
The faint smell of fresh linen dryer sheets waft...

You’re like a drug, you get me drunk
And I’ll fight with you til my lips are numb...

She was a pristine rose plucked;
A vision in crimson from a sea of scarlet...

I rest my head on my pillow
And let it soak up my dreams...

I see the universe in the iris of your eyes
But the Big Dipper threatens to tip over...

I taste like burnt coffee on your tongue
Like a cherry plucked too early from the tree...

I can’t look at your pictures
They’re so bittersweet...

God I was foolish
To think that you'd ever change...

My seduction is slow and steady, teasingly so.
Until their heartbeat and vocals fill the room...

The cavity in my chest is filled with carbon.
But my eyes still leak shades of aquamarine...

Orange city lights frame the dark road ahead
As I speed along the empty highway...

I went into the bookstore today.
You know the one...