On the face of her phone Wileen programs a message to herself So that when the alarm clock rings The screen flashes Every day is one day less Every day is one day less Jordan tattoos the words "Forgive me" In thick black letters Down the inside of his arm So that when he looks at his wrist He will remember not to hate himself so much What they both keep forgetting Is there is life after survival After Dave left Mary started sticking her face Between the film projector And the movie screen So that when the credits roll She still gets to be somebody When Tara’s past comes back She mashes chalk into the sidewalk Until her knuckles bleed She scribbles and scrapes and scribbles and scrapes Until the words take shape And this is what they say I wanna die motherfuckers Die die motherfuckers. Hold tight if I love ya Cause it might not last long Y’all, we’re all gonna die That’s the exciting part It’s learning how to live for a living There’s the tricky bitch Just ask Denise Whose family taught her when she came into this world That family equals love So Denise took that shit seriously But after a lifetime of craving acceptance from their cruelty She now finds herself jamming Polaroid pictures of these people into a typewriter And pounding out the last letter of the word mercy over and over again She strikes the key Y. Y? Y? Y? Y? Y?!