Monday, October 02, 2017

The Unwanted (Leaving Las Vegas)

I woke up to a massacre
I closed my eyes and waited for
Another fate than what awaited me

I could not guess what I had done
To dream the wrong end of a gun
(The living lure much more than I can flee.)

I'm sure it all began more civilly
With a note, perhaps: "Will you marry me?"
From an Elvis song, or from your first dead baby

I want to live, but I can't sing.
Just leave me at that. Leave me everything.

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