peeling eyelids back like onion skins

licking telephone poles
until my tongue is full of splinters
seems just like a good idea
except
when the pain splashes red on my shoe

poking my finger deep in my eye
til my brains ooze out
like marzipan from a christmas stocking
and
you say

I hate it when you get this way...

prodding hippos with electric sticks
eating beef jerky in ironic bliss
seems just like a bad idea
except
when the salt explodes in my mouth

slapping old ladies
til they're black and blue
like knuckles and the sky
and
you say

I hate it when you get this way...

kissing your lips
until your tongue falls out
seems just like a good idea
until
my zipper slides right down and..

pumping and grinding
mmmm.. just do me that way
like nothing ever happened
and
you say

GOD, damn...boy...I love it when you get this way...