6. at dawn
everything seems like a good idea at dawn
leaving me like i’m just a pawn
all the games we played
red white and black is all it took
to get lost in the squares
counting circles on the floor
now the sprinklers are on
time for the show, baby
let us see that sparkle
shimmy shimmy baby!
criss-
-cross
apple-
-sauce
a king
a queen
a check!
a mate!
a blow.
a death.
no pirates left
walk the plank
anyone’s game
steady pace be kept
you graze from the gazes
no traces of what you wept
will you fall flat on your fate
or another set of no dice?
throwing me around
like mary, go around!
sick to my stomach
the infinancies of infinity
run for the hills
for she is coming
everything seems like a good idea at dawn