we escape from the house
  as the day disappears from the sky
  into night
  we became what we wanted to be
  like a dream or a ghost
  i collapse out of turn
  near a house
  lying still in the grass and felt the heat from the ground
  rising up to contract and expand like a breathe
  we escape from that place
  soaked with sweat and the poison we drank
  fill the bathtub with ice and hope this fever will break
  like a heart
  easily
  but i do not recall all the words that were formed
  on those wire lips as they greeted me
  a promise was made without though as the temperature climbed
  and i started to sink like the moon
  tends to do if you stare at it too long
  then you blink and its gone
  and we crawl to our sleep with the dawn
  i awake in the light feeling hollow and selfishly warm
  close the blinds and retreat until what is burning is gone
  and it's light is away
  then we are back in the dark
  chasing nothing through backyards and trees
  you ripped your shirt on a fence but it didn't get me
  yeah it's fear
  it makes you so low
  and these creatures look crooked
  their shadows cut lines through my face and the concrete is fire
  where my bare feet are placed
  in a line next to yours
  and i guess i'm not sure if it was fear that was born
  as those awful eyes made their claim on us
  i put my hands on the fence
  said your name
  and i started to climb
  and it must have been sweat but i drank it like wine
  it was sweet and my mouth was dry
  i heard you scream but i made no reply
  i can still taste it now if i try