i want to hollow out your skull
and climb inside your brain.
i could work your thoughts like puppet strings;
i could steal your brilliance and arrogance
and plant them somewhere beneath my skin

i want to gnaw at every lovesick sentiment
that thumps with your heartbeat,
i want to destroy all the passion
that resides in your ribs

i want to pick you up by your boyish hips
and spin you like the world is spinning
and the way it has spun

i want to send you to the floor with a crash
and laugh when i drop you too hard

i want to punch plaster and i want to break your bones
i'll send you into your worst crying thunderstorm

and when i'm done i'll hold you tight and say
"how's it feel to have an empty brain and an empty heart?"

11/22/2003

Posted on 11/22/2003
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