I asked her, “Who will get the bullet & who will get the blank?”
And staring into those green eyes like the glass surface of an isolated lake
Waiting for the tears to squeeze their way out of her inlets & dive down her face
I thought of the sleepless, dreamless nights I’ve been having
The hum of the [...]
Promises become legendary, legends are driving metaphors
Down the constricted veins of a California freeway
Thick with the deposits of dreams deferred
Gentlemen prefer blondes & other lies
They told to you, music looping over breaths &
You remembered you left your stove on
But laugh off the impending explosion
As you wonder if you left her turned on too
Premise left unproven [...]
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