If I loved you any more, if I loved you anymore
I would care about the dark circles under your eyes

and the shame to your father
for destroying his strong family name

commending your violence, on cut-and-run day
I resigned as your deus ex machina

replacing your economics of deceit
and the lack of topography in your voice

with gate-crashing reminiscent of the Tracy Awards
a most acceptable anesthetic of choice

far removed from the days when I would cry alone
aware that if I were your addiction

you would have known
right where to find me.

12/06/2009

Author's Note: “Well, you talk and you talk like you’re trying to shock me/
I don’t even know what the fuck we’re still arguing about.”
-- Biffy Clyro

Title quote from Rita Dawson.

Posted on 12/06/2009
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