Shades in the Motherboard
Orange skies alight above urban blight
blinking motherboard of these city lights
the circuits begin fraying
all these alleys lead away from me
I'm only out for the time it takes
for messy thoughts to catch clean escapes
at bus stops and in dive bars,
lonely strides scuffling on sidewalks
save me something
just one fucking bite
run-off melts were raging,
I aged fast floating through city streets
at night
And I----
----Keep on glancing at my wristwatch
tugging collars, setting time bombs.
Doors are locked after the last call
I'll head home, turn my bed down
let my head assess the damage while I dream
Ashen nights are mine to walk borderlines
off-rhyme steps enjambed as the clocks unwind
I tick off all the checkpoints;
all the scotch sinks and the gin joints
send me something
call or text to just say hi
arctic fronts converging
I'll be excavating frozen feet
all night
Slip and fall out on the sidewalk
on a frozen pool of puke
I'm growing
Old and so detached
and I am
losing all context
But, when the Springtime rolls around
I'll shave my face, stick out my neck
until again I'm winding watches,
strolling sidewalks, naming faces
and the lines
erased
tell tales.