sitting on a crooked chair
w/ a puzzle in your eyes
you’re a sideways salad
w/ out the dressing
you’re a pastry that will not rise

you’re candy in a warm skin wrapper
but venom fills your sky
you painted the room around you black
you’re the perfect nightmare’s alibi

I peeled back your petals &
saw your little piece of heaven
that’s when all my doors slammed shut
I think the gods must be pretending

when I caught you sideways smiling
you slowed down the world outside
you say there’s tenderness in your heart
but there’s madness in your eyes