| DARK BLUE He is living in the basement He has seen the cosmos He has seen so many stars So many stars Outside all his windows On the TV screen On the TV shows He has seen the stars He has seen the sex stars On screen Living in mother’s basement It is just like a sombre womb Mouth wide open Mouth wide open Saliva, saliva dripping slowly in your bedroom These women he sees having sex outside all his windows Making paid and hard love on screen “They speak to me” he says "Ooh, the cosmos it speaks to me", he says He has seen the dark blue colours of winter The dark blue colours of death His family is slowly dying and the kids and teenagers he knew, So long ago, are getting older and greyer They are flying to the future To the grave Where he feels he needs to be brave just to put his hand On the door knob And set a foot into another dimension While he feels he needs to be brave just to put his hand On the door knob And set a foot into another dimension © 2008 Jerome Lebel |