seaside '88

sunburnt smiles
taffy eyes
salted mouths
shout out surprise
boardwalk splinters
yanked out quick
the pretty bodies
the sea is slick
behind the arcade
i fix my hair
(she'll be standing there
like she promised)
she'll salt the air

coppertone steps
cheap coaster screams
salted mouths
shout out dreams
cotton candy hands
a girl's shape
seaside heights, 1988
ring toss kings
behind the arcade
brag about
the girls that came
(to find themsleves)

that's when tickets
became bigger
than the prizes themselves

that's when tickets
claimed all the shelves
and set every stuffed boy

free

mass transit

chain curl fly
link me fast
carry me quick
electric blast
shove me shape me
fit me in your mouth
grease face crawl
belch me south
ingestion
(directional congestion)
she's newspaper sexy
he smells like zoo
(i'm a rocket
a dream come true)
i'm a rat
tunneling to live
decibels of love
i'm showered with
coffee fist shake
long jacket wait

doors don't close
doors don't close
doors don't close

fury metal slow
chain curl go
link me carry me hold me
send me away