Brownie Points
Paco Del Stinko

Clear finger-tip spots pepper the grease on the window
One tap for each one that was, downward swim the shimmering minnow

As the mattress cools
He begins to sharpen his tools

When Brownie points - Brownie annoints

Sleeping on top of the laughter, lovers sing through the floor
Piss in a cup by the whispering sink, quiet is the well oiled door

Where no moonlight pools
Naughty children get taught the rules

Where is your son, mother?
Father without his daughter just like the other
Singled out and chosen
Forever and never in time frozen

He set the can on the floor
And then he locked the door
He took a gasoline bath
And then he lit the match