Paint the Town

Hazy humid heat
I stumble belligerent
Through the streets
With a foul, deathly scent

I seemed to have lost track
Under constant attack
From this monkey on my back
I paint the town black

People see red
And elephants pink
While vampires see dead
After a little to drink

But for some reason
A lost of cohesion
Right from the start
Has made me see dark

Am I so cursed
It’s just getting worse
My mind and body fight
As God tilts the earth on me tonight

Maybe this is a warning
A mark of damnation
Of forthcoming mourning
To this insignificant creation

Now people start running
I say don’t bother
This deserves another
So keep the rounds coming

Sudden blur of motion
Drowned, sedated cries
Catering to a nameless notion
As bodies drop like flies

A glimpse, a stutter, a flash
Distorted and vague, this movie reel
Sensory overload and crash
That seems so surreal

Slowly I rise
I can only surmise

What just happened tonight

A sudden ambush attack
Maybe it was all in my head
But I no longer see black
Strangely everyone’s dead

Wearily I amble out of sight

I paint the town red