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