It's just like a bad dream.nBolt upright at night, trying not to scream.nAwake to our backs facing while you sleep.nSurace just long enough to breathe,nSpines interlocked like faulty cogs in a failed machine.nIt's like we're just bad friends,nBoth wasting our time as our picket fence defends all the things we must protect.nPretending that we still can connect is our sole defensenAs the present ense beings its slow descent.nnGive yourself away.nnI am the key; a thin skeleton swaying crookedly,nGrinning copper teeth.nnCome open up for me.