you're taking up lots of space
your %#@! is everywhere
your breath is all up in my face

your hands are swarming in the air

you're the first one out the car

and then the loudest one in the bar
tell me is there something wrong
girlfriend, what's with this new version of who you are


so she lifts her chin and
squints at me

to $$#ess what I think I know
she says my heart has some dangerous neighborhoods
so beware where you try to go


and they say that the truth will set you free
but then again, so will a lie

it depends if you're trying to get to the promised land
or if you're just trying to get by


what is a camera but a box of light
what is a guitar but a box of sound
you think I don't understand

I think I might

what it is to

to harvest the emptiness
and just ride it around


and maybe your chest is an empty shell
with ribs of spiraling coral
where a perfect pearl of sadness resides

but if you ever need it here
I could come and press it there
and I could listen to the sound of the ocean inside