Where did my father find this photograph? Where is the spite, the narrowed eyes? She was so beautiful in black and white Anywhere else, would i recognize that smile Is it like mine? Was this before she died from making the best of it? Prehistory in tacked-up polaroid Proof of a life nothing survived Anger like amber, where they're fossilized Maybe i like the way it dulls the light Anaesthetized Were we ever alive? It's so cold inside the surgeon's house tonight