You sit,
A ghost
In
The
Sun,
Parodies
Of
Death
Playing
'Round
You,
Watching
The man
Supposed
To
Untangle,
To
Shrink
Your head…

(…fall apart.)

A witch
Sanitized,
Runs past,
Reminding
You both
Of
Violet,
Whom
You never
Meant
To do
More with
Than
Taunt,
But
Fell for…

(Hard.)

He tells
You of
Her
Courage,
Her
Uniqueness…

(…her pain.)

He tells
You of
Himself,
Hinting:
Sometimes
Life
Works out
Despite
Being
A lost
Cause,
He
Never
Expected
Such
Gifts…

(Asshole,
He had
Everything-
And blew it!)

He looks
Like the
Picture
You found
Of your
Dad,
In the
Garbage-
Glass
Shattered,
Frame
Spattered
With
Dark
Red
Paint.

(Whiner,
Dad
Left
Because
Of
You!)

(I hid
It in
The garage.
Mom
Went
Nuts
When she
Found
It…)

The taste
Of
Strange
Coffee,
The
Memory
Sunlight
On
Your face,
Hungering
To bind
Yourself
To this
Man…

(Act
Your
Age,
Crybaby!)

…though
Broken,
He has
More
Than you
Ever
Did,
With
Violet
The link…

(Stupid
Fuck,
You banged
This dude's
Wife,
…remember?)

(That
Wasn't
Me.)

You
Should
Say
Something,
To make
This man
Stay…

(Oh
Grow
Up!)

…this man
Who…
Reminds you…

(Dad,
I'm sorry.
Come back?)

But you've
Already
Fucked
This
Chance up…

…so you
Don't.

(You can't
Do
Anything
Right.)