sleeper desire   short in the wire   red myth conspires   to make lovers liars      seek our perfection   deceit of perception   the doubt of reflection   a coupled infection      comfort's a bandage over the gash of the self   complacency's surrender to parasitic possession   a lifetime of ownership or a death alone   of body and mind unattainably divine   the value of beauty weighed out in flaw      solitary arrow collides   tastes itself in the bitter blood   double standard pierces the bride   splinter the marrow of love      (hollow gestures / false forms)