FingerNails

Dan Dorfsman

My fingernails itch
It's so hot
That I can feel my body
Pooling into my shirt

Cause I know
Your gonna make me last forever

You're gonna make me hole up
In horror
And feed a dead rat
For that one sense of comfort
That I'm finally taking care of something
Something as small as you
If not bigger

Your curiosity killed my cat
Lucky and unlucky
Twisted and twisting
Sticking
Sticky little nails
No bigger than your thumb
And a dead rat for comfort.