Flustered

while the wine is running over

we spin out of control

rinse diluted red

dances of the dead

stealing every showwhile the band played drunken sailor

guests were eating mistletoe

crushed velvet at the table

mocking Cain and Abel

plastic flowers in a rowand in the darkest night

there were stars in clusters

dizzied by smooth striped tights

well i was flustered- but i triedstill there must be something melting

asphyxiating fumes of fear

raise the golden curtain

positive uncertain

i was perfectly unclearsemi-precious crystal teardrops

chiseled from a heart of stone

marbled walls of pinkish white

twenty/twenty oversight

misdemeanor siliconeand in the darkest night

there were stars in clusters

dizzied by smooth striped tights

well i was flustered- but i tried