Listen

for A.J.M.

if i was Lou Reed

i’d give this feeling

a woman’s name,

handful of poison & razors,

but looks great in vinyl

i’d listen to confessions

on the in breath

capsules of back of your mind for believers

smoker’s habits who date

catholic girls

i’d wait for you

to render ten seconds aside

by Queensbury Rules

fairytales for clockparts

apologia of the last call

that stab ash

on book-littered tables

next to guest beaten

chairs