Blood or blues — time
to choose my drink
for tonight — to sip
rage or rue —
It’s afternoon —
dark’s not terribly far
off — some light
remains — do I choose
blood or blues —
do I sit in cold
with sadness in
my mouth or
raise heat and roll
with the rising —
go out hot
to smash or soar
Blood or blues — I could
go either way but it’s time
to choose — move or slump
or dance or dim
until I’m barely here — or
ball myself into fire and
go out burning —
time to choose
blood or blues
Living past dying or cooling
and sliding into darkness —
do I choose blood or blues
Dark Matter 