Definite Darkness

Go to the world of guilt and sorrow for the races
 tonight where the boats go cutting through undulating mirror images of incandescent spires
 the roads there are parabolas with nameless water towers near the exits
 you could turn it all on end still wouldn't be taller than the biotic arch at the crown of creation
 well there are people who put dirty hypodermic needles
 between the seat cushions in the movie theater
 we all have the same dream the night that we contract it
 so maybe I've been sleeping less at your place since a man's last panicked screams startled us awake
 we're paralyzed 'til the cop cars arrive
 casting slow-spinning mobiles on your ceiling three colors we watch the frozen moon
 in daylight I stare past your eyes' lenses windows framing solar wind rustling ivy on the painted pink buildings
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 I've been hearing the soft step of the gray-eyed governess
 but I know you know the physical form of moaning alarms coming from the air force base
 a skinless and sinewy leviathan all terrible contraction and release
 debasement ringed in banner plane exhaust and scattering v's of geese
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 someday my body's gonna fail me
 then prostrate maybe in my back yard
 with my family's screams muted by the pounding rush
 the high shrinking sun will be eclipsed
 by heaving rainbows of flesh
 a chrysalis of tissues from thinning air
 so my eyes will be wide open 'cause there's no light
 just one definite darkness the taste is unmistakable like a fever breaking