In the Keys
come now, princess
don't surrender your splendor
sign emptiness
with an epithet from razors
come now, naked
and vulnerably dreaming
pallid, wounded
while the piano is still playing
come now, duress
flaunt your surreal glamour
let her witness
the parody of metaphors
come now, tainted
the lies are worth believing
desecrated
the knives are there, waiting,
waiting
concede to the void
the puppet, the toyed
come now, your Highness
show them your riches
show them your rubies
and spill them in washes
banish sanity
there's madness in the keys
come now, princess
while the devil's still playing
come now, silence
the knives are there, waiting
waiting
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