Jim carroll

lighting candles on a war grave thank you for your effort to commemorate our fallen comrades. They all have fallen and deserve the same attention. Lighting a candle on Christmas eve on cemeteries big...

Sirens begin, the red light spins Hungry go the thieves Betty's in the sandbox trying to detox She always wears long sleeves Desdemona in a red kimona can't get off the bench Her bolts are fused, her...

A woman is beautiful 
but
 you have to swing
 and swing and swing 
and swing like 
a handkerchief in the 
wind A woman is beautiful 
but
 you have to swing
 and swing and swing 
and swing like 
a...

Perfect water The dark wind braids the waves The crazed birds raid the trees Is this our destiny? To join our hands at sea And slowly sink, and slowly think This is perfect water, passing over me . ....

I hitched a ride to a desert town (I never planned this trip) I saw my past in the sun like a tongue (that slowly dripped) People faced me with Lazarus eyes They were red and dazed like fat horse...

If give me your ear I'll whisper you wind that could soothe your burnt blood The door is right here Breathing the air filled with powders and porn Now comes the dawn If I release the dove Would it...

I want the angel Whose dreams are fatal They cause the snake's milk to run and curdle I want the angel Whose darkness doubles It absorbs the brilliance of all my troubles I want the angel That will...

It's too late To fall in love with Sharon Tate But it's too soon To ask me for the words I want carved on my tomb I think it's time that you all start To think about gettin' by But I have that need to...