My Right Side

Advance my hands Into the freshness A blade of sound Into the vastness Cleft from the sadness Wild horse harnessed With a magical flash Like a mermaid tail Cleft from the sadness You and I and Atlas Holding up the world Hating every second of it still But I’ve got a little thing And you’ve got a little ring Spent the night Smelling chain link (chain link!) Cleft from the sadness Night light I might Never sleep the same Never be the same Never be in pain Counting on a lucky star Driving down the street Dashboard feet Gonna tell me everything And I listen to you speak Though I’m slowly going deaf And the engine’s getting louder And we’re leaking gas again I know what it’s like to be inches from death And not care one bit And keep driving all night I found a prayer in my pocket And your name was at the bottom I know the spirit’s moving now I can feel her in my mouth As you decipher what this is Shifting colors in the sun Maneuver through the brush Following into viridian I made a wish Lit a candle Put a fiver in the tin Smelled the incense And insects were crawling on my skin I found a lizard on a ledge He let me look him in the eye I asked him why he chose this temple Told me “cuz it’s up so high” I felt the mist coming in From the ocean and the wind Blew the sweet scent of jasmine And Asiatic spice It took a long time to get here And I couldn’t even drive But I found you in the flora Because you’re always in my life My fingers wander My eyes do not My arms are stronger Than you thought Murmur murmur Countertop countess We are nothing if not luxurious