Let’s talk, shall we?
Let’s talk about the sun setting this eve, Or how the stars in the night sky bleed The lights that dance and drown In waters still, untouched, unfound. Or those eyes, oh, that mahogany hellfire Piercing, untamed; an arctic pyre. Of breaking hearts and true loves lost. The chances missed, those stray thoughts. Let’s talk about death and dreams, And evaluate the futures unseen. Of detachment borne of distance That somehow melts in an instance. About games played, beyond recollection Enchantment eclipsed with inattention. Eskimos and boxes, and rules unreasonable Blowers, and daughters and volcanoes unbeatable. Let’s talk about truths, and maybe about the rumble; Of words unsaid, and memories that are now jumbled. How the smoke somehow veils the raw actuality, How easily we give in to instincts trifled with morality. But with this dalliance obscured in pompous utterances Unvoiced musings...