#lowkey verse

[gutter--angel]

i am swimmin. i jumps out the water

FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP

belly folp.

i did fly.

[gutter--angel]

murder is blue

the die has been cast

the plane

the fetus

the cord

[gutter--angel]

the gay files

with my taxes.

evidence.

[gutter--angel]

let me be a bad kid.

skip

skip

let me skip classes. please.

i can’t be here.

here

hear

i don’t hear you

[gutter--angel]

i’m scared.

hold me and let me press my face against your chest

will you care if your shirt gets tears on it?

i’m scared

[gutter--angel]

like the last leaf

hangs onto the tree branch,

i cling to your love.

[gutter--angel]

beauty like deep green waves

crashing with no shore

like fish

swimming through the clouds

and birds diving below the sunlight’s reach

[gutter--angel]

voices

speak softly in the back of my mind

telling me

beautiful lies and cruel truths

that I think I always knew

but they were the first

to say the words

in a way that wasn’t screams of pain.