Island of Men

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp_FsWEaBpI

Upsetting the design

upsetting the design

people will love you 

without a reason

people will hate you 

never knowing why

the beauty is fragile

it goes without saying

deep as veins

blue as the night

if we found paradise

would we insist on keeping it

despite all we know 

of our kind

maybe we should just

enjoy the moment

anything more would 

upset the design

what she said

what she said

need to tell you a secret
need you in close

never told anyone
you won’t be the last

since I was a kid
I’ve had this impulse

I've come to understand
I’m not like everyone else

as I’ve gotten older
it’s only gotten worse

seen many doctors
there’s just no cure

hate group activities
won’t join any cause

can’t stand poetry
crude forms of art

won’t support your team
or sing along

don’t throw frisbees
or play fucking ball

sickened by humanity
since I was a little girl

saved by a few paintings
handful of books

we'll never be friends
forget this kiss

we can't understand each other
and I take comfort in that

reverse cinderella

reverse cinderella

she was always sleeping with the wrong people
her friends had warned her

she might wake up desperate or worse
discover she’d become cinderella in reverse

she fell for artists and musicians
men with failing shops

sculptors living in basements
with very big dogs

one day she met a banker
with an extremely small heart

she said to herself she’d love him
and help his heart enlarge

he showered her with vacations
she shared her passion for the arts

she made him a patron
of all her friends’ work

decades spun her head
she found herself rich and alone

up until her death she was never sure
if she took the right way to go

The Wild Woman

The wild woman

They made the bars too light
They couldn't hold her

She'd drink the men into a corner
When they thought they were feeding her

They tried various forms
Of domestication

She didn't take to
Any of them

They'd settle for guided tours
In ambulances behind

Face masks and chastity belts
She saw right through them

They had a plan to turn
Her smile into a gallery

But they just couldn't
Get the funding

She outlasted most of them
But still had too many enemies

The missing "W"

The missing "W"

What
Was
Wrong
With
What
We
Were

How can you be so together

When we're not

Pyromaniacs on the event horizon

Pyromaniacs on the event horizon

I'd give you my fire if you could use it
We could burn trouble for a while

Take you to the room full of secrets
Make love to you for a smile

I've spent my life entirely naked
Wearing arms around my chest

Sending flares to the event horizon
Asking for a little help

Rescuers come in uniform
Blankets and trucks make a mess

Never waiting for the smoke to clear
Before they're off somewhere else

I'd give you a forrest you could burn it
Nature does worse in a storm

Compressing charcoal into diamond
Some things are worth waiting for