Parlour Magicians

Is this what it's like to age?
Parlour magicians
Perfecting the art
Of palming the part
Where it aches

We like to say
We made mistakes
But the heart knows
Well that illusion
Open out the window, friend
It's coming round again

I am only
Human
What can I say?
It's a beautiful day
We are only
Human
Let's run away
Through a hole in the stage

The heart is slighly
Older than the hands
I know the card you're holding
Is the only one I have
I still believe it's magic
But don't ask me to explain

I am only
Human
What can I say?
Such a beautiful day
We are only
Human
Let's run away
Through a hole in the stage

~ Brendan Bonsack

We Can be Anything

I rest a pillow against the edge
Of my face and pretend
It is you

We can be anything at 4am
When empty crossings still shine
Their walk, no no walking signs

We are who we choose to let in
Sometimes
I can almost hear you breathing

My phone company gave me away
In the form of an identity
A spreadsheetable entity

Somewhere out there a hacker
Is hawking my clones
For thirty pieces, born
Of that unoriginal sin

We are who we choose to let in
Sometimes
I can almost hear you breathing

I spread the sheets out
Over and over again
They'll never be a perfect ten
But maybe enough to sleep in

I rest a pillow against the edge
Of my face and pretend
It is you

We are who we choose to let in
Sometimes
I can almost hear you breathing

~ Brendan Bonsack

After Honey

You were in my dream last night
We had a creature
It wasn't yours
And it could not have been mine

It was ingeniously sweet
So we named it after honey
It was 1918 or 2020
There was no identifying technology

Though we weren't
Mentioning the war
There was a lot of fight in you
And a lot of flight in me
And if we smiled at Honey
Well it only
Wanted more

You were in my dream last night
I never dream
But it was you alright
Though it was dark at the time

The creature's growing bigger
Elbows at the cornices
Toes against the windows
And looking down on us
All the neighbors were whispering

Though we weren't
Mentioning the war
There was a lot of fight in you
And a lot of flight in me
And if we smiled at Honey
Well it only
Wanted more

You were in my dream last night
I didn't know you
From a star in the night sky
But we were getting by

With our creature filling up the sky
And learning how to speak
When someone says
I love you
Is as tall as the oldest tree
You kinda never wanna wake up

Though we weren't
Mentioning the war
There was a lot of fight in you
And a lot of flight in me
But if we smiled at Honey
Well it only
Wanted more

~ Brendan Bonsack