this side of paradise

Warped fingerprints on the same glass
Chocolate cake crumbs on the same plate
While celestial eyes watch behind our shoulders
Here it is, like our last night alive;

As the atom bomb burns it all to the ground
And Satan stands, impressed
It’s you that I smile with–
While our organs shut it in
And our hearts start to falter
It’s only you that I’ll watch TV with;

And as the winged seraphs of heaven
envy you and envy me
While the missile heads our way
And we walk on to extinction
It’s you
I’ll welcome death with.

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