Type O Negative

beaches

89 beaches for james edward sakakura,brother he calls it’s time time summons me home he doesn’t want to die alone threads loosen the unraveling begins i catch the first flight out summons me home he doesn’t want to die alone seems cliché almost something I’d edit out of a poem i catch the first flight out promised I would seems cliché almost something I’d edit out of a poem i arrive find him sitting up smiling promised I would wait watch over lament say goodbye i arrive find him sitting up smiling he wants to know what the plan is wait watch over lament say goodbye rent some flickshe says & maybe some chinese take out he wants to know what the plan is its been a while since you’ve come home. i’ve been so bored. rent some flickshe says & maybe some chinese take out a couple-a comedies & a tearjerker about dying, okay? its been a while since you’ve come home.i’ve been so bored. i thought you were dying flew out caught the first flight a couple-a comedies & a tearjerker about dying,okay? get sad movies you know to get us in the mood. 90 i thought you were dying flew out caught the first flight i lived up to my end of the deal i thought . . . get sad movies you know to get us in the mood. i’ve never died before i’m hoping to pick up some pointers i lived up to my end of the deal i thought . . . are you making a mockery of this . . . this? i’ve never died before i’m hoping to pick up some pointers. shut up & give a dying man his wish are you making a mockery of this . . . this? 2 chicken lo meins to go 2 comedies & a chick flick about cancer shut up & give a dying man his wish maybe we can don wigs & drag like the characters in the film! 2 chicken lo meins to go 2 comedies & a chick flick about cancer i put my foot down with the drag but agree to the wigs maybe we can don wigs & drag like the characters in the film! he plays the brunette dying & cute & i’m the braying redhead a washed-up celeb i put my foot down with the drag but agree to the wigs he slips on a hospital gown for dramatic effect he plays the brunette dying & cute & i’m the braying redhead a washed-up celeb pretend it’s a beach he says our chairs face the windows he slips on a hospital gown for dramatic effect i ask for sun block & comment on the clouds the storm on the horizon pretend it’s a beach he says our chairs face the windows outside cars zoom concrete cracking & liquor stores 91 i ask for sun block & comment on the clouds the storm on the horizon i regret never having sailed the caspian,the mediterranean,the philippine sea outside cars zoom concrete cracking & liquor stores takes off his wig & says he’s too tired to play better catch a nap i regret never having sailed the caspian,the mediterranean,the philippine sea of never leaving behind the bar zaps the endless protests crowded wards takes off his wig & says he’s too tired to play better catch a nap i lay down beside him carefully measuring the rise & fall the in betweens of never leaving behind the bar zaps the endless protests crowded wards i will bury him like i’ve buried the rest i lay down beside him carefully measuring the rise & fall the in betweens his soul hovering over cumulous white i will bury him like i’ve buried the rest but not yet i collect him in my arms not now not yet his soul hovering over cumulous white startled awake he protests squeezing me too tight too tight but not yet i collect him in my arms not now not yet heat the noodles would ya? fire up that comedy startled awake he protests squeezing me too tight too tight let go you’ve got to learn to let go! heat the noodles fire up that comedy eats 2 forkfuls & passes out mid-laugh let go you’ve got to learn to let go! shut off the tv i follow the clouds outside the door 92 eats 2 forkfuls & falls asleep mid-laugh baby saliva bubble chemical stench & rot shut off the tv i follow...