born of filthy chemical collusions

you enjoyed the blood of the easy game

but that dam gave way ages ago and now 
it chafes and eats my ash raw and dry 
smoking like phosphorous on your teeth 
a diuretic for the eyes 
if you catch my drift 

on our first date you insisted we go 
moonwalking on dry ice 
half of the footprints now misplaced 
melted away in my memory 

it was so cold 
you were so warm

try to understand