lock and chain

sugar
you
sugar you don't
melt in my mouth
like you used to

like you're used to
loving you better
loving you always

but loving you more?

the word
her name
merely,
audible sound
merely,
sparkly paint
and chrome

and the taste
in my mouth more
like rust than cake
more like
like blood
than candy

all our dirty choked
up grounded down
and buried

hush
baby,
now is it easier for you
to sleep?

left out in the rain
the
chain sticks
tight
but the wheels keep
turning
only slowly
only with more effort
was it you
who made this harder
or
me?