i did everything, everything i wanted to

light brown stare



"that dumb blank marvelous

light brown stare



I'll take care of

it.



you needn't carry me

anymore

with your Cleopatra

movie star

tricks



do you realize

that if I were an adding machine

I might break down

tabulating

how many times you've used

that light brown stare?



not that you're not the best

with your light brown stare.



someday some crazy son of a bitch

is going to murder you



and you'll cry out my name

you'll finally know

what you should have known



so very long

ago."