Don’t give me a pet. I’ll kill it. 

Don’t give me a pet. I’ll kill it. 

I’ll kill it by accident. An accident of...

An accident of inattention. 

I’ll soak up the faces of a thousand strangers.

For all the hours days have I’ll soak up their faces.

And their shoes. I like watching shoes. 

Don’t make a date with me I’ll miss it.

Don’t make a date, I’ll break it. 

I’ll break it by accident. An accident of…

Inattention.

And yet...

I soak right through the mattress

Recalling what happened

To the squirrel who ditched the sidewalk

For to try his hand at traffic. 

An accident of…

Inatten…

But the crow picking his eyeball is attentive as can be. 

Here I sit some asshole who can’t remember to breathe.

Or how to get to work on time.  

Did I set my alarm?

How did I get to work on time?
Did I set my alarm?

Soaking up the faces of a thousand strangers.

For all the hours days have, I soak up their faces.

Sweat right through the mattress recalling what happened.

Soaking up the faces of a thousand strangers.

Soaking up the faces of a thousand strangers.

I sweat right through the mattress recalling what happened.