Poor excuse for escape

You left out, those guilty sounds
like flowers on a stage
do you imagine running
can you imagine leaving today

cause I’ve seen you wear, that record down
the needle’s dizzy now, time won’t help it play
coughing backwards, these liturgies sputter out
wrestled best, stomping feet, kicking legs

I can hear your boots, down my hallway -will you
hum the elegy, that keeps us safe
there’s a- smarter way, to rob a bank
there’s a- faster car, there’s your getaway

Here’s your turnaround
your best sins,...