all that music in your mouthnrivers rushing to your teethnsurging streams through wading valleysnflooded language tributariesnconnect and cover over mentensing jaw & cork screw eyelidsnas if you couldn't bare to seenall that water roaring from youncollecting clouds inside the ballroomnover people who don't know younbut darling i donnyou trance yourself back towards the citynblood not moving to your feetnautomatic listless shufflenyour foot falls tentative and mufflednyour sidewalk scatter brain, cry unclenyou settle back into your cornernand look for her on your tvnit's friday night and i am hungrynfor a hand, a mouth, a bodyna love i wouldn't have to carrynnsome stitch in my mouthnand i'm untying nowna concrete canalnin a bomb border townnan echo in the raftersnreminding you there was a soundnbut you killed her in wavesnshe stayed a steam to hiss at you nownncause he killed her in wavesnbut that's not todaynso you breathe through your mouth nyou calm yourself downnand hold what you foundnso sweet and profoundnnshe can hover and hurt or dissolve to dirtnsome prayer in you mouthnor she might stay a steamnsoak into the beamsnlet you figure her out