JOSHUA THOMAS

BLACK FLOWERS

WRITTEN BY JOSHUA THOMAS

What did you think of that?
And do you ever wonder…
Even so we keep floating on
The edges darker than before

Cutting up years to none
Living in a tower
Even for a world of make-believe
The edges crawled to me

So we keep love around
Black flowers wilted on the ground
I heard my name
In a cemetery once
And I still remember the sound

And so it goes like this
The ending of a nightmare
The caller on an existential phone
Said, “We need more time”
Not on my dime

I wonder if I should say
We need another nightmare
Oh, America
Where children play in a barricade

So we keep love around
Black flowers wilted on the ground
I heard my name
In a cemetery once
And I still remember the sound