the darkling
8.4.06
in the darkling
i dream of scenes
i dream of drawn colours
and people happening
i watch it unfolding
the rhyme and the lie
it’s all happening
behind my eye
i can dream for a moment
of the raining black sun
of the bleeding dry darkness
and the wet running neon
coming together on the pavement
and lighting the patent shoes
of the wandering one
i see the green velvet pool hall
hear the black satin speech
walk the fluffy sand pathways
with everyone else’s feet
and in the second that i notice
i am two people at once
both aware the other is there
until the time fades
and i’m alone again
under the sheets
deep in the darkling