wrap your phantom limbs around me
dripping darkness warm and wet
black womb infested with stars
scorch the earth as you retreat
men in gas masks
fumigated a sleeping hive
honeycombed with secrets
that no one will ever know
mirthless laughter polite hatred
pa**ive aggression
burning myself in effigy
for all the hateful crowds
flush the baby alligator
down the drain
watch it grow up
and prowl the crumbling sewers
shooting birds out of the sky
look how they fall
so surprised to be dead
and plummeting to the earth