Ramp Up The Bleeding

journalists writing about journalists
bands singing about bands
list makers making lists of lists
hands washing other hands
fighting about the fight we had
will it make good reading?
better back down on the dialogue
better ramp up the bleeding
stop talking about talking
stop lying about lying
stop pretending you can’t tell the time
you’re just not trying
queue up to join the queue
for the dentist and his drill
performance artist selling tickets
to the reading of his will
it felt different the first time
I can’t put it into words
but there was a decline
between the second and the third
stop reading about romance
stop dreaming about dreaming
stop writing letters to yourself
you’re never really gonna read them
stop wasting fuel, stop pissing in the sink
stop being cool, stop trying so hard to think
stop standing out of frame
stop caressing your phone
stop scribbling out your name
cos it’s the only thing you own
stop deleting the past whenever it suits you
unwrapping the present by pre empting the future
stop deleting the past whenever it suits you
unwrapping the present by pre empting the future