# masquerade

night after night 
venom you brought
that name you called
night after night
pulling it taught
your kisses scrawled
night after night
night after night
night after 

you fell
pulling me open, tied
that noose over my neck
dragging an empty shell
your intimacy died
smeared to a speck

your words were a liquor
i drank so in earnest
blood stain on the pavement
night after night i see it
every bite a confession
dug claws into my back
your eyes in anothers
night after night i see it