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I'm happy

that I pawned

a present off

for a couple of $2 CD's

particularly

the above one

by a Brisbane band.

I bought it

because the album art is magical

I want to live

in a house like that

on the moors

in a forrest

in the cold

alone.

It's also the sort of music

that I float to

drift off to sleep to

better than aggression

because I've been listening to Pixies

on repeat

until I wake up at 3 in the morning

with the headphone lead

wrapped around my neck.

gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to

missy aggravation
some sacred questions
you stroke my locks
some marijuana
if you got some

gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to

sleeping on your belly
you break my arms
you spoon my eyes
been rubbing a bad charm
with holy fingers

gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to

chained to the pillars
a 3-day party
i break the walls
and kill us all
with holy fingers

gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to

Sometimes I wonder

just how twisted I really am

untoned skin on sinew

"throw yourself from skin to skin

and still it doesn't numb the pain"

I seem to think about sex

almost all of the time

the sordid in's and out's

and the fact that afterwards

I always feel worse about the world

and myself.

But still,

I get kicks from how incongruous my habits are

with my inner standards.

I like how some things that are sexy simply because they are dark, dirty,

and oh-so dangerous.