Grasshopper

If you were a fish this sinus infection
Would swim away
As you shot that carbon dioxide
Out of your gills with pride
And the water would glow
Breath after breath
If I could undo my flesh so you could wear it just once
I’d kill the butcher and steal his fine cutlery

Only mother is there
The white hues in her hair
Say that she’s done this before
Fostered to her sick child
Day in and day out
She lays her smile upon his pout
For it’s all he needs
As his sleep proceeds

Biology Lies

Underwater holding my breath
Seven feet long
They’re preaching their beliefs in the streets
Be quick to tell me when I can splash out
But make sure the shit’s left their mouth

The day they told me God’s not human
My dripping fingers longed to feel
What it’s like to rip the sky in two
And reveal that stars are run by me and you

Be quick to remind me what oxygen feels like
I’ve never held my breath more
Than seven feet long

Tell the fish I’m sorry
But I can’t swim in between the cracks
And inform the mermaids
That I’ll never be back
Cause I forgot what oxygen feels like
Filling my lungs like chorine fills my pores
Oh, breathe it out
I gotta, gotta breathe it out

If God can’t be human can I?