Please Just Stay Dead - Nicole Dollanganger

All the pets I’ve buried

Just wanted me to know

Sometimes it’s ok

To let a good thing go

Wrap you in yarn and grass

Embalm you with milk

And lay you to rest

In cardboard lined with silk

Wildfires have been eating you

Inside of my head

Trying to smoke you out

Or burn you alive in it

This time, please just stay dead

This living room memorial

Doesn’t bear a name

I guess I can’t blame you

But I hate you all the same

I wear your homemade tattoos

All over my skin

You put your cigarettes out on me

They’re still sinking in

Wildfires have been eating you

Inside of my head

Trying to smoke you out

Or burn you alive in it

This time, please just stay dead

This time, please just stay dead