I wrenched hard through the last few second

On what was left of the rack and pinion

But at speed, you're gonna go through whatever you're gonna go through

And I heard your voice as clear and sharp

And keening banshees in my mind

Say that I'm always checking boxes

Even if I'm never on time

The bitter northeastern air is a garrote

And I'm an under-five villain in a two-shot

Making it count 'cause it's all that I've got

When the salted earth

Rolls up on its side

To witness the last few seconds of a line bisected

By a big pink rubber еraser

In the hand of a resurrеctionist somwhere

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There is something iridescent in the aperture

There are runs in the fresh paint on the door

There's a henchman in the mirror that I hardly recognize anymore

But at your side, I am unassailable

I am a famous attorney

I am brave as the Irish Republican Army

As the dark chronometer keeps on rattling above me

But I love you too much to allow for surprises

We'll both lose some blood as the world atomizes

And with any luck the world to come is fumbling

For wherever the light is

When the last few coins

Finally rattle free from the jar

And the zealots raze our neighborhood to the ground

Like a comet descending

And I'm right and there isn't a hell

To pry my hand out of yours

I'll find a way to make you laugh while it's ending

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