my ears licking clean around every vowel sound
my knees slowly catching fire
my stomach cutting in
he turned up the dial on the box
my teeth catching the metal in my mouth
he sang heart pounding quicker
he rolled off his tongue the speed of his brain
he strummed a lot of blood in eight minutes
my toes and heels getting drier
he blew circles through the constant sound
my sticky nose getting harder
he laughed at being better off than dead
