Day Glo

The Cavalier used to live there
With fire and sore legs
I show them

What did we find there?
On the moors? Horses
Under the stairs? Whores

Along time, along time gone
Moon Swoon Hot Date
How the night made his hair curl!
The day made it straight
Only darkness visible
He’s nearly missable

The day glo walls made the floor go blue
The air I noticed, just like life cutting through
Cavalier has been weakened and the fights not in him
Claims the other cheek is bleeding and the lights are dim

‘O don’t resist me now’, he sings
‘Because of course, you can’t be sure unless you kiss me.’
‘Did you kiss him?’
‘Yes, I kissed him’

Moon Swoon Hot Date
How the night made his hair curl
The day made it straight
Only darkness visible
He’s nearly missable

Swinging from the rafters, heads in pots with labels on
In gruesome stitching
Sinister, sinister, sinister and neat shelves in the kitchen

‘Did you kiss him?’
‘Yes I kissed him’
I have told them all I knew
Even though you asked me not to
They keep asking about you
Even though I told them not to