Smeared black ink:

your palms are sweaty and I'm barely listening to last demands

I'm staring at the asphalt

wondering what's buried underneath where I am

I'll wear my badge:

a vinal sticker with big block letters adherent to my chest

that tells your new friends i am a visitor here:

I am not permanent

and the only thing that keeps me dryis where I am

you seem so out of context in this gaudy apartment complex

a stranger with your door key is explaining that I am just visiting

and I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving

d.c. sleeps alone tonight

you seem so out of context in this gaudy apartment

a stranger with your door key explaining that I am just visiting

and I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving

the district sleeps alone tonight after the bars turn out their lights

and send the autos swerving into the loneliest evening

and I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving