Lecture

you never licked the stamp!
it's floating! washed up
on some oil-licked shore

your gaze never landed
where i wanted it to

your eyes did a fervent dance
they ripped open presents
like someone was going to take them from you

when i'm near you i undress you
when i hear you coming
i shut the door and check my armpits
for visible signs of nervousness

la la la la you're breaking la la
la it's about time la la i'm on the
brink la la at least we're together la

if you want to make this easy
then give me everything you have now

gone! your complacency
gone! your mild interest
gone! whatever else remains

gone trapping the wind
into lifeless boxes
the wind panics, starts to pace
slashes lines on the wall
demands equal rights and et cetera

but respect for nature is so very
20th century and it's time as you say
to do as the romans do and though
we're not in rome I let that slide

still snow on the slide! no escape

break off the ice! it'll never go! no escape

rip daises from coffins and plant lilies
in the ashes of cancer still no escape

think of you often and still not often
enough to make a difference no escape

want nothing more than everything and
gain nothing ever more no escape

love until music becomes a fly on the wall
and laughter chips away like a lawnmower
then we'll cross the border into bars that let
us germinate forever and still no escape