By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 21 April 1998

death wish

        stick the dagger deeper
          I can still breathe
           and breathing you in
          is not what I need
              you wish
          and you wash
            I'm still blood red
          your silver platter
             is gleaming
            adorned with my head

     let this be
       our last kiss
     you don't want
     what you won't miss
     I'm done with the masochism
      done with this
    let's end it all
     with an angry kiss

      you look so darling
      you dance so well
      you danced this belle
      into a whole new hell

  and I can tell
   when the fat lady
 is warming up for her song
  and I'm too neurotic
   to wait that long

 let this be our last kiss
  you don't want
  what you won't miss
 I'm done with masochism
   done with this
  let's end it all
 with an angry kiss