Fall Guy

Friends of the bride

feeling out of place

like a church key

at a wedding

 

standing around

looking for action

like the bride

looking for a broom

instead of a groom

 

Searching the faces

of the crowd

for the man who

filled her womb

 

Yes, I had pulled my own heart apart

Yes, I slipped up on Time itself

in its own backyard, behind my memories

and scared the crap out of it

Not by yelling, but by sniffing at its neck

Then tearing it apart with my teeth

 

Wishing I had never told you

that I loved you. Or that I'd said it

more often than I did, so that

you only believed in me

even if I

never believed in myself

 

Wanting you to

kiss my heart

Kiss my heart

Kiss my heart

Only you

 

Now I am homeless,

heart free and shouting

with the aimless crowd

Don't pay rent!

Sleep in a tent!

 

And I go out with someone named

Katie McButterdip

or something similar

and I am so close to

creation I can see the

goose-bumps on her flesh

 

The truth is

we may have somewhat of a

grinding fetish

between us

 

Somewhat of a grinding fetish

here

and I'm so close to creation

I can see the

goose-bumps on her flesh