obliterate the memory of coming to at dawn   knowing only that the night was someplace that you had gone   and the amber waves on the showboat of laughter   and you cannot change the way you slid down railings in the lobby   and then again down the gangway shortly after       obliterate the memory of coming to at dawn   knowing only that the night has gone   obliterate the grass stains from the cloth   you were only in the grassy fields to pick a hollyhock   you want to stick it to the stem again   by fusing up the atoms and then believe that it will live again   just from the power of your refusing to believe it cannot happen      obliterate the memory of coming to at dawn   knowing only that the night has gone   obliterate the memory of coming to at dawn   knowing only that the night has gone      obliterate the cherry and the wild berry juices   that you trailed along the hallways of the whorehouse that you used   as a store room for your fox furs and the harvest from the orchard   full of hollyhocks and cherry trees and other flowery images   of course you wanted everything cold   but when you opened up the door everything got old   i said of course you wanted everything cold   but when you opened up the door all the flower petals folded      obliterate your speech so you cannot ask forgiveness   for hanging with the vampires when there was no one to witness   the submission of the skin upon your neck   all they wanted was a dance you gave your peace of mind instead   there is a tower with a winding set of stairs   you will descend into the absolute light   into the absoluteness of light   and come aware   and become aware