Empire Of The Senseless

The little boy is in tree at the bottom of Juniper’s staircase. “Hey girl. Remember me? I’ve come back to say goodbye. I was pissy, you see. I wanted a fair game. I don’t like the kind of kids that walk away without some kind of see you later. I don’t care if you’re lying. You’re a liar! It’s all a game.” I see right through the smoke and I’m yelling fire at the top of my lungs. My neighbors are talking shit. I’m too loud for the deathly silence that lives here. I want to run upstairs and pour out my cup of love all over the freshly mopped floor of the sassy lady hovering over me. I think she’s too cute for this fucking place. I want to run away with her. She wants to tell me the truth. But she doesn’t know where she left the words. She’s explaining it to herself over and over again. Who is this boy? What right have I? Where did I leave the key to these lips of mine. They seemed to be glued shut. He stares straight through my skin. I say something quick to shut him up and run back home. I slam the door and sc