Todd
"do you ever feel like you're falling, mr. todd?"
she looks at him with biggrayeyes
and he wants to scream and tear them out
[how dare her rival lucy]
[how dare her]
but he's quiet
and just stares
with his big
black
eyes
.:.
Lovett
she's scared at night
terrified of what might happen to them
prison
executions
{rape}
but she's silent
and she strokes toby's hair
.:.
Lucy
she cries into her hands
yellow hair dirty
mind shattered into mirrored fragments
ticking like a mechanical lullaby
.:.
Turpin
once upon a time
he had been in love
but
like in all great masterpieces
she died
but
unlike all great masterpieces
he became a monster
.:.
Beadle
opium haze
kissing his mouth against cold metal
struggling
to
b.r.e.a.t.h
.:.
Johanna
her wings are broken
rose petals fall around
circling
again
and
again
and
…
.:.
Toby
he wants to protect her
from all the trouble in the world
to hold her
kiss the burnt skin on her hands
but she shoves him away
just like his real mummy
[and look what happened to her]
.:.
Pirelli
he sobs
for fame
for self indulgence
for his lost lover in Greece
he sobs
but he lets todd do business
.:.
Anthony
sea
the saltiness cursing his tongue
eyes stinging as blood leaks down his legs
life never was fair
but he sees the sun through the captain's window
and he feels the slightest bit of hope
