Waking up soapy-smelling
          and sore next to you
I was victim of an accident, a
          wreck waiting to happen

I was doing shots of you
But i didn’t quit
          when i needed to
Then you were too much
          in my blood–
Neither of us belonged behind
          that wheel…

Our love had been combustion,
          but the engine stalled
In the alley behind that club.

You were my black tar baby
          dirty–seductive–addictive
Come from across the border
Here to fuck me up

You were a demon lover
          but i couldn’t stay
Possessed by you…

That fire
Burned brighter than mortal understanding
          and i, Prometheus
Laid damned then for demanding
Its heat, its power
          and its source

Funny and dopesick how
          love seems like addiction sometimes
Now i’ve kicked and i’m cleaner than
          i ever got in your shower–
Twelve steps and more i’ve taken
          away from you
The poison hasn’t touched my lips again.

concept-4/12/03
fragment-6/10/03
conclusion-12/7/04