a clean line moonlight bends a collarbone drink strung tightstrung tightwheel along the artery the streetlights drift the eye-beams collideslow dissolve the car-chase draining gasoline shines a skinacross the waterbarely touching now sad eyes when you’re vampiring againcarry your violence light carry the moonlight seed the sleep inyour eye the blue of the pilot lightmask maker herat fire eater throat rice water brain perfect stray perfect straydead friends shade your sad eyes when you’re vampiring again bythe cold unflattering lightcarry the glass in your jaw carry the flatlands in the base of yourspine the city is rusting therethe weather never cared barely touching now spilling down thestairs for this time aroundtight pretend imperfection imperfection imperfectioncarry your violence light carry it like a lost limb itches and achesa second you can’t forgetcarry your violence light carry the mooonlight seed the sleep inyour eye the city is rusting there