power company

 

stop leaving all the lights on I say

we live in a dark house

I want to see you say

get used to it, bats can see in the dark

they get used to it

bats can't see in the dark

course they fucking can, with sound

you mean like with rhyme

shout and bounce it off the world

whisper it into corners

we turn the lights off and try it

bugger you shout

the word comes back like a slap

arsehole I yell

and back again

we navigate like this

fuck the power companies

fuck paying for it

our tongues are candles

our ears are bulbs

both together we shout

darkness into the darkness

 

like bats