First Comes Farewell

the dream began
with death as a closed hotel
and a sign that said
gone fishing in hell

when two species meet
before they say hello
before there is lover's spell
first comes farewell

you shake my hand
with lips like swords
I cough to hide
the noise as my guts explode

when two species meet
before they say hello
before there is lover's spell
first comes farewell

it's a formality of the soul
a law that's very old
before there is lover's spell
it's always first farewell