| «This was the last night I had on Earth. |
| My home
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| Town was dismantled and transferred to the halo of
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| Jupiter, and I went with it.»
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| New York City, July 4th, 1994
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| The skyline burns on Manhattan. |
| She sat with me on
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| Top of a warehouse. |
| I said, «I'm so lonely. |
| I think it
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| Makes me sick; |
| and I’m sure God’s come to destroy
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| Me.»
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| Michigan man quits the freeway. |
| Strikes bargains
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| Within the entry. |
| Screams nonsense at the fools in the
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| Alleyway. |
| Finds solace sniffing bags of all my candy
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| But it’s cold; |
| and it’s so hard when you freeze
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| Come to My Flat
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| Sit around. |
| Sit on blackened heels. |
| Choke on
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| Someone’s spit. |
| Dig churches in the pavement. |
| I
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| Can’t walk. |
| I think I’ve arrived; |
| yea, my wallet’s
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| Thick. |
| I could leave. |
| You will not care here, but I
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| Care. |
| I care. |
| Contrive. |
| Concourse to produce, 'got
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| Lots a cable. |
| 'got a bag of hep tools. |
| Electric paint. |
| I
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| Want a set of chairs, and my ceiling drips. |
| I could
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| Leave because I am nothing. |
| Cheap as the wine
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| Cheap as expensive gets. |
| 'got a broken figure. |
| Not
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| Malfunctioned head. |
| I want that dream. |
| I hurt to
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| Talk. |
| She’s disagreed. |
| I could leave. |
| I’ll wind and
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| Bind. |
| I’ll wind and bind. |
| I am machine. |
| I am my
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| Father. |
| You want this walk. |
| I could leave
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| Tompkin’s Park
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| Mist forms and exhales in the cold December air
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| She digs deep in her pocket for a half smoked
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| Cigarette. |
| A bottomfeeder 'got jealous. |
| Struck her
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| Face with a tire iron. |
| Black clumps of park sod mix
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| With blood in her hair. |
| Picks herself off the cold
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| Ground, and starts to walk. |
| Her face is bleeding
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| Bleeding for you. |
| Picks herself off the cold ground
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| And starts to walk. |
| I can hear her screaming
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| «My love for you has never been so misunderstood.»
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| — Jane |