Beheading a Serpent

Don't touch me Lysette

Margaret would taste every bitter breath atop my tongue

We stone stepping bachelorettes

Obsequious and unseen as the carriage strung

Punch drunk like the serpent's head

Let's dry off in this church and smoke a cigarette

At least the drought has reached its end

Drink to that

Twirl on stage

Like some beautiful people, straight from the page

Of letters I forgot to send

Between the cocktail lounge and the mini bar

Or somewhere along the way

I became a superstar

Ghastly, a fright to behold

All I really want to do is get old and steady with you.

Or maybe

This is the house we'll haunt

Like ladies

Of the lake who've lost their appetite

Thread

Cables 'neath skin and vines

What were you asking Lysette?

I don't think now is the time

And the light over the red truck

Blinked like Eustice on her come up

Twitchy and erratic

Could barely see

And the tires on the gravel

Threatened to unravel

The driver's gaze staggered me

I have never been more despised

Than in a lovers arms

I have never been more despised

Than in a lovers arms

Than in a lovers arms