The livestock's eyes are tired,
the sheriff's head is horned,
the streetsigns tell your fortune,
the crossing guard is blind,
the others are on the playground,
the sidewalks show their teeth,
the killer is always out there;
the killer was never caught.

Houses don't touch shoulders,
clocks fill up with insects,
naked women glowing,
wax inside the drains,
curtains all but fallen,
windows thin as breath,
nothing stops you looking in
or me
from looking out.