night & prison & desert & darkness a pipe, a sewer, a river after the thorn the prisoner broke no--after the storm the survivor spoke I didn't know what the water wanted * 30k, base pay, just for signing, but it's easy to bump it up--carry a gun, boom, hazard pay--carry a gun outside the green zone, boom--work the prison night shift boom-- boom, boom, boom back home, capt'n, I was always on lookout, any bridge, any ledge, I could dive from, the highest point to throw my body off of--a bridge, a quarry, a waterfall * nothing to flood, dry mouth to drowning, everyone's here for a purpose this girl, capt'n, my love, four fingers in her mouth drop by drop by drop by drop, she'd lick them & carry it down anywhere, the water whispers, everything wet, an oasis in the near-dark * here comes the tub, here comes the board, here comes the cloth, here comes the bucket on an empty road, capt'n, I found a bridge the water pure black below all it takes, capt'n, is to step off into nothing I knew I'd be here by christmas * put your ear to the wall--water inside the wall water is the empty tub, water is a licked tile, a grain of sand one drop hangs on the prisoner's tongue--capt'n, are we allowed to force him to swallow? * proteus here I am breaking a sweat proteus watch as I hold you proteus here I am licking my fingers proteus watch as I Hck them watch as I pour watch as I pour watch as I pour look what comes out of you now * submerged in the rain- filled quarries: a car, a tree stump, the wall of a ruined house--stories, capt'n, gone for years that sometimes, some how, break free, rise up * something, capt'n, is wrong, this one stopped breathing--they said he wouldn't drown then he drowned * water asks a question, water holds on while it asks a question, it's hard to understand water's question come with me, the water says, the city burning outside your walls
Water.
Flynn, Nick
night & prison & desert & darkness a pipe, a sewer, a river after the thorn the prisoner broke no--after the storm the survivor spoke I didn't know what the water wanted * 30k, base pay, just for signing, but it's easy to bump it up--carry a gun, boom, hazard pay--carry a gun outside the green zone, boom--work the prison night shift boom-- boom, boom, boom back home, capt'n, I was always on lookout, any bridge, any ledge, I could dive from, the highest point to throw my body off of--a bridge, a quarry, a waterfall * nothing to flood, dry mouth to drowning, everyone's here for a purpose this girl, capt'n, my love, four fingers in her mouth drop by drop by drop by drop, she'd lick them & carry it down anywhere, the water whispers, everything wet, an oasis in the near-dark * here comes the tub, here comes the board, here comes the cloth, here comes the bucket on an empty road, capt'n, I found a bridge the water pure black below all it takes, capt'n, is to step off into nothing I knew I'd be here by christmas * put your ear to the wall--water inside the wall water is the empty tub, water is a licked tile, a grain of sand one drop hangs on the prisoner's tongue--capt'n, are we allowed to force him to swallow? * proteus here I am breaking a sweat proteus watch as I hold you proteus here I am licking my fingers proteus watch as I Hck them watch as I pour watch as I pour watch as I pour look what comes out of you now * submerged in the rain- filled quarries: a car, a tree stump, the wall of a ruined house--stories, capt'n, gone for years that sometimes, some how, break free, rise up * something, capt'n, is wrong, this one stopped breathing--they said he wouldn't drown then he drowned * water asks a question, water holds on while it asks a question, it's hard to understand water's question come with me, the water says, the city burning outside your walls