Heaven Is Earth

Like couples in their twilight years

They hold out hope, death pulls in pairs

All the time spent here matched over there

Or that's the desperate thought at least

Car crash, plane, monoxide leak

Christians say Hell is easy

Distance from god

Distance from god

Like farm dog caught in leg trap

He gnaws until his thin bones pop

Small bites until his tendons shred

No desperate thoughts, a calm head

Whole redefined, down one piece

Animals know Heaven best

Distance from pain

Distance from pain

Like vineyard in high fire season

A decade's work soon deleted

Family runs headlong to heat

Desperate thoughts lost to flame

Father burns with his plants

The helicopter overhead

Distance from ground

Distance from ground

Like your longtime sad artist friend

The one who always talks but never ends it

Repeats, repeats bad behavior

Operating model of desperation

Moves to Boston, cries out command

Happy to see him gone

Distance from all

Distance from all