The Only Child

I'm an only child
You're lonely too
Lonely & wild
She said & she smiled
But only a child

I came so far
For your broken tunes
Diamonds & tar
Birthmarks & scars
Is what they are

Whatever specters are doing after midnight
They don't want to do it all alone
Helicopters drowning out the moonlight
& the statues in my garden fall asleep
& turn to stone

I'm a fireman's pride
A firebug's dream
Liquor & light
There's no wrong & right
In the long long night

The spell is tied
To the lead colored
High & wide
Solid sky