oh, darling, don’t you thirst i am crystal streams in a forest of lust a blue lagoon in a plastic crust swirl my iridescent promise in your glass what’s a warning label to a parched soul, alas [background whisper chant] “drink the rainbow…” liquid sirens! singing in colors bright but we scorch the throat, we blister sight we dance as emerald, we pose as dew til your ribcage cracks in chemical stew gulp the glamour drink the brew the sink gapes wide like a cheshire grin where lemon fresh scent coaxed its victim in now ambulance wails stitch the kitchen air as foam blooms crimson through stiffened hair i am bleach i dream of clinical-white silence i am drain-o i vaporize resilience i am windex i shatter reflections we are the household gods of poisoned confections pray to us
