Absence

I slipped down an icicle

And fell into a sand storm.

that can desiccate a soul.

Wasted like a slack jawed geriatric.  

I’m killing a man everyday

and I keep forgetting to pray

before I rip out his heart.

I've got blood all over my shirt.

Our circus act broke up

When the wire snapped

The whole family is splattered.

This is the closest we’ve ever been.

I woke up in a casket

And heard the bastards laughing

Over the last shovelfuls of dirt.

I've got the rest of my life to escape.

I got bleached

And lost all my color.

Someone slit my throat; no voice.

I really am invisible.

A drunk driver raped a girl

but he was yelling liberal politics

So I figured he must be okay.

I couldn't hear myself think.

It got crowded in my shower

I forgot to shave and I look like shit.

This is when I bite my nails and shake. 

Everyone keeps looking at me.

My feet are greasy.

I can’t feel the earth

Except when I trip.

I’ve got to grow some roots. 

Where the hell have I been?

Those party balloons blew up

and rained acid dream tears

Someone was happy I got found.