NEEDLE IN A DIAMOND¹
SWANK
SWINGING OUT²
THERE IN THE ROUGH³
YOUR EYES
LITTLE LIGHT BULBS⁴
MY COLD TONGUE
STICKING TO YOU
LIKE A FINGERPRINT⁵
A COWBELLS⁶
A MAP UNDER MAGNIFICATION
THAT TURNS OUT⁷
TO BE A FRACTURE
YOUR BAGS OF WHISKEY⁸
CANT KEEP ME
FROM CALLING YOU⁹
APHRODITE¹⁰
EXPENSIVE
STOLEN





1.) Rather than a pin cushion as though this is possible. Reference to live performances of Mr. Waits.
2.) Motion with which one ventures out into the world without inhibition.
3.) Performance space.
4.) Audience of two myself and you in that order.
5.) How we remember lovers and dogs.
6.) Literal reference. In music, these are love / hate.
7.) When doesn't a map turn out? (I laugh to myself!)
8.) I often associated bags of alcohol with the word "prohibition" in grade school social studies classes.
9.) A book that has not been written, rather, that has not yet been written well. See also of.
10.) Voice of the singer while listening to it in real time, in a large group of people one does not know.