PuppetsPoisonInk

 we’ve used war to define ourselves for over two centuries painted our lips with communist red number seven, and went out to dance to sleazy jazz with strange men in business suits. we hid ourselves under neon lights burden with that green light of cash, easy money hidden under writhing hooker bodies because that’s just what happens to those poor girls and boys, left out on the street because they’re paved with gold and the rent. doesn’t matter who you are, we don’t discriminate as long as you remember to shave your legs and smile real goddamn big, just like hollywood told you to do when you got your braces off.

 we’ve used war to define ourselves for over two centuries painted our lips with communist red number seven, and went out to dance to sleazy jazz with strange men in business suits. we hid ourselves under neon lights burden with that green light of cash, easy money hidden under writhing hooker bodies because that’s just what happens to those poor girls and boys, left out on the street because they’re paved with gold and the rent. doesn’t matter who you are, we don’t discriminate as long as you remember to shave your legs and smile real goddamn big, just like hollywood told you to do when you got your braces off.

she was bitterness and cigarette smoke, red lipstick smearing over a napkin as she waved fingernails at you like knives and she hung out with boys who wore eyeliner and leather jackets and wore their hair just a little too long, and you'd call her rock and roll if you didn't know that she was a little too broken, that the boys were her brothers in arms, an angel and a soldier, and no one knew which was which. she used to be a doctor but she had to cry to god a few too many times, saw her reflection too much, and paved just a few too many bricks on the road to hell. she uses makeup like a shield and wields cigarettes and condoms like guns, and

i loved you. you were beautiful. we were together. i was you. you were me. we were one, one gorgeous person, one best friend. you loved me. i hope so. can i say "i miss you" because i do.