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PAWNS
Just when I thought
I could almost stop my stumbling around
and maybe
rest my eyes for a few years
without having my broken heart to pick up after
You came running to me
like someone's lost or abandoned child
chasing distant reflections of yourself
between the tombs and pills
that lined the corners of your mind
You were the one
who stood on a stage
no one else could ever see
dressing your youth
and sweet smiling ass
like some enchanted warrior
from some crazy kind of war
where men run from nothing
and fight for even less
But baby
you really could show some style
breathing
in the heat of your lies
to melt some other young heart
willing to play in your games
of love
and pain
and sacrifice
where every body has its price
and the best are traded away
like forgotten pawns
that curse and scream from the wings
as they harvest their tears of hatred
like crystallized razors
to castrate your ego
All the while
your audience of love-blind virgins
applaud
applaud
applaud
as you stand to take your bow
with your eye paint running down
smiling like a cat
with a vulture on your back.
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