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IN THE RUSSET GOLD OF THIS VAIN HOUR

BOY WITH THE ALUMINUM STILTS

come come

mine aluminum stilts

strangle the light like that

spin spittle in siren wine

come

in sweet lamentations

birds of the night cry out

and swoon like the blood won't dry

hung in drapes of palest lace

from the stakes of brittle grace

it's away, my love

come come

mine aluminum stilts

mangled your white face cracks

out quivers the smiling sire

come

soft on this tender breast

love like a light gone out

can cripple a siren's cries

hung in drapes of palest lace

from the stakes of brittle grace

it's away, my love

this is the end you're searching for

this is it, this is all

this is the dream where you hit the floor

UNFOLDING AND FADING

tripping

under the acid rain

our shrivled skin

asunders empty pain

i'm swallowed in these fears

i curse my fallen tears

the better cure for weeping

what sweeter eyes could forever keep me

keeping

inside a sad goodbye

i'll never know

and with a tinsel sigh

you love to show your hold

and love to flaunt your gold

i curse my fallen tears

the better cure for weeping

as my frail heart bleeds

i feel the moonlight breathe

a taste of heaven's kiss

sweet morning mist

SIREN WINE

slip this one last drop

i won't be smiling

slit your wrist and drop

i won't be smiling

we'll spin the girls

and wear the joy out on our faces

like the swans we sing

this one last drop is worth the dying

one last drop

and don't remind me

all the things i've lost

are not behind me

we'll kill the girls

and wear the mirth out on our faces

in our masks and wigs

this one last dance is worth the dying

bow the hull to seven seas

now i only see what you want me to see

the sorrow on the breeze

one last drop i won't be smiling

one last drop i won't

come that drip

i won't be smiling

gilds the bed in foil and gold leaf

until the end

we do pretend

the end the end the end...

ORIEL

give me all your precious

long-existing time

slipping, slightly feverish

it's not worth trying

give me all your sleepless

slow-enduring love

condescending pressure

presses from above

listen to the shore

caress our naked feet

i'll love you evermore

feel the ocean sands

at our ankles stealing

dwelling, fever swelling

under moonlight kneeling

listen to the shore

caress our naked feet

i'll love you evermore

draw me to a slumber place

the semblance of a softer face

there we'll find a hidden trace of hush

veiled in winter's sad embrace

JUNE IN HER FROST AND FUR

like bitter wish-

ing lips

curtains spread

and moonlight breathes

again

poison ever sweetly mends

our hands

opens wounds anew

thin scars in the light

drip the warmth of night

i sip the trick-

ling blood

let it coat distended lips

my love

drawing up her countenance

my dear

the truth is never quite so near as in dreams

thirsting gold that gleams

june in spangles

yet frost and fur

curls her crimson lips to purr

once for the melodies lost and ringing

once in the slumber and frost we're clinging

MISTRAL CHIMES AT NIGHTFALL

whispers of angels

they waltz again within my head

vespers of promise

to call then bleakly fade as bled

in her fragile fingers

my limp body lingers

i close my eyes

whispers of angels

remain athirst for her romance

thus nears the noontide

a web of breathless demon dance

moistened to the marrow

numbness into sorrow

pallid skin to crystalline

BICYCLE

sobs to burst the sky

ills & white rain

gold tresses taper

coil and green eyes

born of dew

thy lovely face is ever lost

born anew

thy loving grace is ever cross

delicate fingers caress

this pallid tapestry

countenance gliding

in moonlit sighs

born of dew

thy loving face is ever

gone

my true love

THE WREATHE AND THE CHAIN

cold ivory hands

to blood-thirsting lips

lace fingers joined

from whence shall they sip

silver their eyes

yet with tongue-swollen lies

graced with red, fettered rose

still the smooth venom flows

soft spoken spells

as their voice often quells

thus alluring her near

so alone

come

fly to me

fly forever, hold me

hold me

polished her skin

of an ivory blend

weaving sorrows within

as blue eyes turn to dim

cherish the wine

of the fool's concubine

strangling as she fades

so alone

i question why they kissed her

inside a hollow whispers

fly

WITCH HAZEL

by the way

the girl in fake pearls said

she wants you crucified in bed

butterfly winks

pour your drinks

to the end and nothing more

pour your drinks

to the end and nothing more

baring arms to bleed

smile and blend

their red tape lips coil out

their moths shine teeth

their babies pout

blue blood

butterfly wings

pull your strings

to the edge of edgeless shores

pour your drinks

to the end and nothing more

wearing their smoke rings

ends and nothing more

baring arms to bleed

all out to sea

waving, breathing

all i can see

sails

IN THE RUSSET GOLD OF THIS VAIN HOUR

here in the night

is the union blessed

tears and sunlight

burn to bruise your fair skin

bitter the bride

through her breaking lips

cast to the fire

that illumes the cherished

blood

true love

dolls' dead breathing

come to us

fears and their lyres

brood o'er our moonlit bed

smoke hair and vials of incense

the silk stained red

blood

true love

dolls' baited breath

come to us

touched her head

and...