Preserve the luster (a remix w/ Paige M.)

Preserve the luster
Adore its sparkle from (within)
The dustiest cobwebbed corner of your mind
Like a madman behold it
Stare until you're blind with greed
No one hears your breathing echo except for you
As you crawl and pluck it
From its hollow tomb
Clutch it tightly to your glitter-smeared chest
Adjust the beauty
Stir the blizzard in the glass
Watch it everywhere fall
Till you make it your own
Till it settles like a warm dog
Exhausted at your feet

8/19/99