
Whenever April comes around, I have this need to sleep by an open window.
The air is so heated and charged, I can’t brush it off. I need to feel the wind blow.
The fire in my bones is harsh to my body, I want the power to go out with a bang.
Whenever April comes around, another lover becomes a treat to my hungry fangs.
I’ve been dying of thirst for a cool spring breeze since I was bitterly seventeen.
No psychic wise enough, no fortune teller prosperous enough to crack my spleen –
But maybe a genie in the bottom of the bottle will tell another revolting story.
I wish I could stand up a little bit taller instead of being sorry.
We’re a dying breed, and we’re choking on antimony.
Whenever April comes, my insides throw a funeral – and I’m leading the ceremony.
-JW