1. i watch him cradle his cigarette like a lifeline
says he loses his breath sucking his stomach in

2. the calmest thing is to drown in tv static

3. when we were kids we'd tear leaves by the veins; grow bugs in glass jars

4. won't the canary sing a sweeter song out of its gilded cage?

5. i wanted to be cruel to everyone, all because you were cruel to me

6. i fear the day when i watch too many sunsets that they'll be reduced to nothing but orange and blue.