down the shore
lick my lips and taste salt
as if I was just in tears
the air’s always stirring here
restless as my lover
I tell him if he looks at
another woman, I’ll
drown myself in the sea
then I laugh so he’ll laugh too
as if I was just in tears
the air’s always stirring here
restless as my lover
I tell him if he looks at
another woman, I’ll
drown myself in the sea
then I laugh so he’ll laugh too
Sussex County, DE
putrid farmland, vines
growing over rotting houses
like scar tissue
sunburn sting against
lace, heat captured like
lightning bugs beneath flesh
trailer park strays nuzzle
my calves and the lazy-voiced locals
assure me that no, I don’t
want to pet their dog
sky widens as you near the coast
and the houses are
pressure washed pristine
there’s something about going
as far as you can, where your
only options are to
turn back or drown
that we consider
paradise
growing over rotting houses
like scar tissue
sunburn sting against
lace, heat captured like
lightning bugs beneath flesh
trailer park strays nuzzle
my calves and the lazy-voiced locals
assure me that no, I don’t
want to pet their dog
sky widens as you near the coast
and the houses are
pressure washed pristine
there’s something about going
as far as you can, where your
only options are to
turn back or drown
that we consider
paradise