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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nIUD or IED?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We want what we want when we want it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
E I E I. Oh? Oh! Ohhhhhh\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bacon jam burger: cheese is good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I got the urge to merge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hearts with nails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bio-debatable. Bio-beratable. Bio-inflatable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Left foot humor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tattoos and beer, please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The e-pissels of Paul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Velvet lightening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Altared states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You\u2019re too mean to die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It all depends on Mama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
End times fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I ask nothing of you\u2014only that you always speak to me clearly and true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesus on a scooter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The gift of my bifurcated mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regrets grow tiresome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Terminally Caucasian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zip ties, candles, vodka, lighter fluid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The things people slap crosses on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes they speak to you and they don\u2019t speak to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Questions take away the smokescreen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m making space to make the space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consistently erratic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She says nothing in the most judgmental way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You are the superlative I never called you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no vaccine for racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Money won is so much better than money earned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a keto situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Totally open, responsibly guarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You were gone so long I got a dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jenafauxpas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Floor Matt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mattress ticking. Mattress ticking?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flea bargaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The weapon is in the bush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can\u2019t let these feelings show. I can\u2019t let these feelings go. Mostly, I can\u2019t let you know\u2014how much I love you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love\u2019s a double-edged sword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was nice to be normal for a minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes I look up in the sky and think someone up there might speak to me, but all I get is silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I could get lower insurance rates if I were more Afletic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When someone tells you about something that happened \u201cjust the other day\u201d, do you realize there are six \u201cother days\u201d to choose from?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s now a toilet paper that is three-ply. Can four-ply be far behind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guido Redneck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gas station Rose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She prances on the clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gladiolas. Sadiolas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perpetually screwed up like me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pole-dancing on a street sign. Twerking on the Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I went to sleep with your name on my smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whatever happened to DropTop Tallulah?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You came out of your grave to haunt me\u2014
to flaunt in front of me all those things
I did wrong\u2014
the women I had slept with,
the times I drank too much,
the lying and the cheating,
the false prayers, and,
worst of all,
the exaltations that came only from my lips
and not my soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2026and that\u2019s the View from The Balcony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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