
Paint dripping into the grass, paint dripping down the walls.
It’s a scene, it’s a vice you can’t buy in the mall.
The room was all white and we turned it vivid blue –
It’s a parody of the invasion of Normandy, it’s our Waterloo.
The charcoal in my palm tastes sullied and bitter,
Feels as if the story of me was never written.
Colours poured down my spine, colours all over the stage.
With each brush I rip apart, I satisfy my rage.
The ink between your fingers is stickier than nectar
And I bite down with force like Hannibal Lecter.
But I can’t hurt your skin or your skull, or your veins –
Gonna be a cold day in hell when I burn your remains.
My palms draw your lines and lumps for one more time.
Your hair exudes the smell of long broken pines.
Paint leaking onto the floor, paint dripping from your lashes.
You meld into the walls, you vanish in flashes.
-JW