cardboard cutout

for ferrier & oliver.

they will eat you alive.
step out of your box
and into the world.
open your eyes.

they will eat you alive.
greet the dull rain
and the rotting leaves.
close your eyes.

they will eat you alive.
your fingertips graze my eyelids
and your pupils rush to enormity.
open your eyes.

they will eat you alive.
excuse me while i screw my head back on
and the ice shone.
close your eyes.

they will eat you alive.
please don't light it yet
and wait while i run towards the past.
open your eyes.

they will eat you alive.
don't forget to ring me when you arrive
and check your coat.
just wait.