Wild With Fright

I am a beautiful disease
I am a doomed love
Today I will give myself away
To the highest bidder I will go
The saddest face I will kiss
And I will feel practically nothing

I remember a night
When this girl I didn’t know
She blew smoke in my face
And told me to come closer
I don’t think lips have ever felt so soft
Or hands so strange and new

I am both bitter and wise
With my hands at my side
And my tongue between your teeth

December 18, 2008