it slithered through the back of our minds
and we pricked up our ears and heard it
next we smelled it and felt it against our backbones
pathologically warm, moist at first and then sudden-dry
mixology's a science they say
this is urge and lust and rage. is black and yellow flashes
warning all over. stop signs and birth control
and I know you're not gonna run now love
because we've only just begun to kill eachother.