Angelo Street

cracked golden leaves float in the stormwater

gonna get the tail ends of my jeans soaked

these cute citizens walk on red pavers

their shades more expensive; muscles bigger

and it rains on Angelo Street as I drive

anything I love I hate as much in kind

I wait for five to throw back six and wonder

why the holiday pennies won’t stack up

and the taste of all that cheap salt is sweet

until I want to crack my skull on the mirror

and the rain on Angelo Street reminds me

that whatever I love I hate as much in kind

and I trusted someone enough to spill my guts once

I said it took balls to do something like that

and you curled your lip and said “yes,

but it’s not as if you’ll be needing those anymore, right?”

and I haven’t stopped running since

and this tug of war can never end

your arms in bed reanimate my cold-blooded heart

but those kisses on my neck crush my windpipe

we lived here together as brothers once

and we will never be brothers again

and it rains on Angelo Street as I die

any time I am loved I am hated as much in kind