1.Giving a worn-out name a deliberately kitschy gloss,
2.terrifying enough to topple virtue to its knees, down to the marrow of my bones.
3.How do I look to you now? Ugly, perhaps? Well, so be it.
4.Please don’t throw an apple at me—lock it up in your heart. Lock up. Lock up. Samsa.5.
6.“Throb, throb, throb.”7.
8.“Look in the mirror,” someone whispers. If it works out, then that’s a stroke of luck.
9.Sweet words and smiles mean nothing here; once I start running, I’m already a beast.
10.Wandering under the full moon, I thought all night long:
11.Which finger should I flip to my nightmares?12.
13.Throb, throb, throb. “Throb, throb, throb.”
14.Throbbing, throbbing, throbbing. “Throbbing, throbbing.”
15.Throb, throb, throb. “Throb, throb, throb.”
16.Throb. Throb. Throbbing.
17.Change.18.
19.Everyone’s soul is aching and burning.
20.Throb, throb, throb.
21.I devoured the pain and the wrathful Wranglers.
22.And yet, why does it still linger, even now?
23.Throb, throb, throb.
24.Dragging along this flashy tail.
25.Sa-sa-sa-sa, Samsa.
26.“Don’t say, ‘I’m done with reality,’ Samsa.”
27.Oh, yeah.28.
29.“Throb, throb, throb.”
30.Sa-sa-sa-sa, Samsa.31.
32.“I’m sorry I couldn’t live better for you,” I say.
33.Even a smile of denial would do—I’m a ghost trying to play human.
34.I was always just nodding along to my own complaints,
35.unable to fight properly with you, of course.36.
37.Throb, throb, throb. “Throb, throb, throb.”
38.Throbbing, throbbing, throbbing. “Throbbing, throbbing.”
39.Throb, throb, throb. “Throb, throb, throb.”
40.Throb. Throb. Throbbing.
41.It seems I can’t change. No, no.42.
43.This isn’t a joke—don’t eat my dreams.
44.Throb, throb, throb.
45.I sang of stylish despair.
46.Even if I’m a hopeless wreck,
47.Throb, throb, throb.
48.Someday, this will become a beloved song.
49.Sa-sa-sa-sa, Samsa.50.
51.Hey, count to three and leap—Sa-sa-sa-sa, Samsa.
52.Kick everything aside—Sa-sa-sa-sa, Samsa.
53.These days, untouched even in the afterword,
54.if I run away now, that’s exactly how it’ll end.55.
56.Everyone’s soul is aching and burning.
57.Throb, throb, throb.
58.I devoured the pain and the wrathful Wranglers.
59.And yet, why does it still linger, even now?
60.Throb, throb, throb.
61.Biting into an apple, sasa, Samsa.
62.Even if I’m a hopeless wreck, I’m still here.
63.Even if the iris flowers poison me,
64.the light is at one o’clock.
65.For now, drag along this tail.
66.Sa-sa-sa-sa, Samsa.
67.So, don’t say, “I’m done with reality,” Samsa.
68.Okay?69.
70.“Throb, throb, throb.”
71.Sa-sa-sa-sa, Samsa.
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