Catherine Wheel

The voice of sex
is hard to describe,

Can’t explain how
it squirms between thighs,

Can’t quantify
the subtle confection
which twenty years later
still stirs my erection.

It isn’t the lyrics…
It’s not the appearance;
such pretty covers
don’t cause interference
tween shoegaze dream-pop
and all else surrounds them:

Still feel the magic
from when I first found them…
Still feel the power…
Still lost in their sway…
Still dance to Crank
when I want to pray.

Written by Jason Wright
July 28, 2017

Like Cats & Dogs

Skipping by Nero
was never intended

Stripping my intro
from man I befriended

And he tried to change her
but she never loved him

I wanted to tell her
that she should not scold him

Wanted connection
when I could not hold him

But Nero was damaged
by lack of affection

His eyes held the world
bereft of direction

The world burned to ashes
infected by pain

And the last of his tears
were lost in the rain

Written by Jason Wright
July 27, 2017

Me & Bill & Ben & Steve

Steve was a shadow
I swore not to touch.

A slip of a boy
with eyeliner smudged.

That he was forbidden
made him all the more tempting.

Catherine Wheel sang
while I was pretending
that I did not want him,
as if he was nothing…

When behind my closed eyes
we were constantly fucking.

Written by Jason Wright
July 27, 2017

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