How'd I get here? What is this - Tattooed on my stiffening wrist? I taste sulfur smoking upwards Whirling towards my loose teeth... I'm so tired... I can't sleep... Just outside they wait for me I can't fix these things - these empty dry legs I've stopped bleeding, there's only violence in me I have sisters safely in their homes Far from this, thick with kids not nearly grown Groaning forth from everyone outside Colorless hopelessness from blackened eyes I take with me the only thing I've learned Lovers leave, fighters lose, all things will burn Burning fear - the poison in my bones Paralyzed, horrified to be alone A lonely drain on everyone I know Oregon! Oregon - my home sweet -----