my baby likes me
even when he changes faces
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face down ass up
ass down face up
in the tesla in the minivan
in the hotel rooms
same house as his parents
all alone
foreign countries
for the last time or the first time
all the same
Entering a derelict ship in deep space
Is a far from congenial place
Walking through corridors
Hearing odd creaks
Is enough to give me the creeps
I draw my blaster
Thinking about alien monster
Just around the corner
Hissing buzz from broken cable
Spitting fumes and the odd spark
Slumped over the Captain's table
Is a skeleton in the dark
I want to flee but there's a video panel
Final transmission of doomed station
Calls the worst phantom
To my over-active imagination
There's a monster here called Fyrgratom
Don't turn around
There's company in town
Heavy breathing behind my shoulder
I freeze, not daring a shudder
Slowly turn around to confront the other
She is a demoness out of nightmare
Blaster aimed at her
But all I can do is stare
At the succubus from my wildest dreams
Sweat in my spacesuit
Pooling at the seams
This dark skinned Barbie
Is a trifle too unclad
Alluring to me
I'm a lad
And it's time I fled
Blasting the ceiling
Scattering dust and scrapnel
I run from the keening
Shrieks that are oddly personal
The demoness calls my name
A siren of pleading soprano
Evoking tears, changing the game
Recalling her physical monument
I stop, unable to flee
Lost to allurement
I can never be free
If she devours me
So may it be
temple to dentists
and the silicone and honeybees
i know it so well; i don't know it at all
heritage lands, beautiful gowns,
they unsettle my ribs and disturb my spirit
the mountains are worth the price
to blend in easy for a time