Black Balloon
black balloon
oh, black balloon
as you drop!
you make no sound
as you pop!
on the tip
of my cigarette - BANG!
black balloon
oh, black ballon
you don’t give a shit
who you infect,
a silent killer
a sleeper cell,
a crude oil kill
clinging to the gill,
black balloon
oh, black balloon
why can’t you
burn bright white
inflated full of life
instead of expelling death
that takes hold
with every breath,
black balloon
oh, black balloon
expanding
in our throat and hip
and in our spine
and in our brain
and in the pain
eating our bones away,
black balloon
oh, black balloon
like cancer
you’ll consume
all the ones
we’ve grown to love
secretly inflating
within
one
in
two
of
us
until we pop
from the rot
of you
the
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