Vein fed, rain wed

I saw a wife unwed
She held her baby's breath
Cold summer red
In warm three quarter beds
We sold our daughters for rent
She wrote letters we never read
We spent all the money we saved for a son
I'd keep it if we didn't marry so young

So

Swore I saw you right in front of me
You made faces and asked me to leave
But if I'm not gone on the count of three
I'll fool you into making me believe

You're all misspelled words on origami pages
In illuminated cages on a pharma dossier

You're wearing out your gray

Like a bettor without a debt
Like a harlot without regulars
When you open the seams underneath the arm
Of a starlet without heart…

Get in - underneath the gauze you always use

Leave it in, or get left alone
When you heal, you're on your own

So this is what you'v