Thunderhead Dandy

Malachite ambulance, bring me my head I left it applauding the moon in my bed The ceiling was sizzling, the saints were asleep And somebody’s shadow was counting my teeth O calamity candy O thunderhead dandy Come rattle my atoms again I’m velvet and vapor I’m newspaper paper I’m yesterday’s elegant sin A woman of wax with a sapphire disease Was teaching the wind how to crawl on its knees She handed me lemons that screamed when they peeled And said, “Every wound is a door badly sealed” O calamity candy O thunderhead dandy Come rattle my atoms again I’m velvet and vapor I’m newspaper paper I’m yesterday’s elegant sin