Bloodletting

Bloodletting.

if only I could bleed enough
doctor gimme your leeches
drain me of the blue blood
that thickens the walls of my veins

and in the ho hum
in the thump thump thump
of this crooked heart
in the ho hum
in the thump thump thump
in this crooked heart

inside I am Technicolor
from inside it comes out
it comes out
this ever spilled milk
over which I am not to cry
it sours and curdles amongst kittens, broken tiles
I am a genius he says to me
under a giant plastic apple

and in the ho hum
in the thump thump thump
of this crooked heart
in the ho hum
in the thump thump thump
in this crooked heart

give me your rusty tools
the yellowed Hippocratic oath
light me up like Vegas
flip on the ECT
rewire the walls, rewire my walls
fry these circuits
til the whole house burns down

and in the ho hum
in the thump thump thump
of this crooked heart
in the ho hum
in the thump thump thump
in this crooked heart

doctor, I’ve got an empty drawer
waiting for a bottle
right in that bottom drawer
yeah, he says I’m a genius
but when I’m dirt
when I am the ash
it is only a perhaps epitaph

and in the ho hum
in the thump thump thump
of this crooked heart
in the ho hum
in the thump thump thump
in this crooked heart

tonight I struggle with the thoughts that keep me up
begging for those leaches
grinding my teeth for release
and one more evening
like all those others
I have to forget

and in the ho hum
in the thump thump thump
of this crooked heart
in the ho hum
in the thump thump thump
in this crooked heart