Bad News Sticks

Halloween, Alaska

So much for apathy

and scraping up your knees.

The midwest is a tease,

and missing out is universal.

'E' stands for everything,

and 'bloody' means the same

no matter where you live

or who you call when bad news sticks to you.

Is it easy to believe

that distance and disease

separate the six degrees?

And the day will come

when you make someone

make someone want to stay.

Dress down the calendar,

the fashion in decline.

Pacific Standard Time is slow,

so ask yourself: Am I a 'Lucky Star'

or am I 'Like a Prayer'

or do I even dare

to peel away the off-white face again?

You can see it on the screen,

a guest in the machine

never saying what you mean.

And the day will come when

you make someone

make someone want to stay.

Stay...

Wanna stay...