Gothic Valentine

Black lipstick melting, dripping

And smeared in the sweat

Of the sun, glittering heels

And cheap fading leather

And notes scribbled blindly

In Sharpie, and crumpled

And silver pierced tongues

Clicking numbly in sync

To the pulsing guitars

And metal chains glinting

In soft candlelight

So the world turns on,

And the lights blow out.