Lollipop
Lollipop, lollipop (singing)
She licks a lollipop
It is red and glistening
And has painted her lips
Into the sticky grin of a transient.
Lollipop, lollipop
Mickey is following her
With his eyes for a reason
He simply cannot place.
The giggle of her voice
Vibrates down to the base
Of his spine, primal, alive.
Lollipop, lollipop
She catches his eye and tenses
Like a startled doe. Her eyes
Widen and all of Mickey’s
Expression is swallowed in her gulp.
Lollipop...
Later she will lie on her bed
And try to wring the stain
Of his face from her mind
And Mickey will lie on his bed
And pray to the lollipop Gods
Loll...i…p
And laugh with a voice
That grinds violently with that
Of the little girl;
then they will conjure
Each other, each in an
Attempt to control the
Trembling terrors of the world