The Child is not my Sun
of Strobelights and Pastureland
She tries to look pretty, sort of fresh in the eyeballs
Hair not too salty, innocence on scrape
He tries not to look like a boy in the mirror this time, but somehow a man when he gives his next go
She gives her gum to chew on, bids him smoke cloves with her
He nervously wonders about changing his name
The house where his hail comes from, monsters and miles away
He…