Freak on a Leash

In the dark

You feel a touch

Lesson learned

Go around

A puddle lets them know

You’re careless

Like I said

Go around

The password is there’s no password

But people keep trying

To come up with one anyway

Genuflect

When you walk in

Don’t know how?

Who raised you?

Who brought you here?

Who brought you into this world?

There is no orientation

And you’re dizzy

You should have eaten first

You should always take a meal

When you can get one

Anything you left

Gets left behind

Anything you take

Is yours

And shared

We muddy the rules

Of ownership here

We don’t like possession

It rides us wrong, you know?

If you need a light

Try candlelight

It’s great for those of us

Who prefer
To be made down

Instead of up

I put on a wedding dress

The other day

But don’t let that dictate

What you see me as

I am not a long-haired

Archetype

And I do believe

In love

And fidelity

Just not

In that order

People walk for miles

To get here

And then when they do

They can’t dance

The miles

It breaks their step

Irony is the cruelest thing

Well--

Irony and fluorescent lighting

That’s why we stick

To candles

The last person we threw out said--

One day this place

Is going to burn to the ground

How romantic, I thought

I hope I’m in the wedding dress

When it happens

I’ll walk down the aisle

Towards the fire

Ready to say my vows

There’s always a person

Who, when faced with a void

Tiptoes away

But steps in the puddles

All the same

And then there are those

Who watch

Where they step

But go forward

Forward

Forward

Who aren’t afraid

Because what could be there

That hasn’t already

Hurt us?

Just when you think

You’ve heard music

That can’t get any louder

Somebody turns

The volume up

Somebody’s touching you

Do you know who it is?

Do you want to know?

Better you not

Better you not know

All sorts

Of things