Candy's Poem from Candy 2006

Once upon a time, there was Candy and Dan

Things were very hot that year

All the wax was melting in the trees

He would climb balconies, climb everywhere, do anything for her, oh Danny boy

Thousands of birds, the tiniest birds, adorned her hair

Everything was gold

One night the bed caught fire

He was handsome and a very good criminal

We lived on sunlight and chocolate bars

It was the afternoon of extravagant delight

Danny the daredevil

Candy went missing

The days last rays of sunshine cruise like sharks

I want to try it your way this time

You came into my life really fast and I liked it

We squelched in the mud of our joy

I was wet-thighed with surrender

Then there was a gap in things and the whole earth tilted

This is the business

This, is what we're after

With you inside me comes the hatch of death

And perhaps I'll simply never sleep again

The monster in the pool

We are a proper family now with cats and chickens and runner beans

Everywhere I looked

And sometimes I hate you

Friday -- I didn't mean that, mother of the blueness

Angel of the storm

Remember me in my opaqueness

You pointed at the sky, that one called Sirius or dog star, but on here on earth

Fly away sun

Ha ha fucking ha you are so funny Dan

A vase of flowers by the bed

My bare blue knees at dawn

These ruffled sheets and you are gone and I am going too

I broke your head on the back of the bed but the baby he died in the morning

I gave him a name

His name was thomas

Poor little god

His heart pounds like a voodoo drum