Cold blue steel out of money
  one eye for the beat police
  sweet fire calling
  “You can’t deny me
  now you know what you need”
  underneath the jungle gym
  hollow grey fire-escape-thief
  looking for sweet fire
  shadow of lady release
  
  “Come with me
  I know the way” she says
  “It’s down, down, down the dark ladder
  do you want to contact somebody first
  leave someone a letter
  you can come now
  or you can come later”
  
  a wristwatch, a ring, a downstairs screamer
  edgy – black cracks of the sky
  “pin cushion-prick
  fix this poor bad dreamer!”
  “Money” cold shadows reply
  pawnshops crisscrossed and padlocked
  corridors spit on prayers and pleas
  sparks fly up from sweet fire
  black soot of lady release
  
  “Come with me
  I know the way” she says
  “It’s down, down, down the dark ladder
  do you want to contact somebody first
  does it really matter
  if you come now
  or if you come on later?”
  
  red water in the bathroom sink
  fever and the scum brown bowl
  blue steel still begging
  but it’s indistinct
  someone’s Hi-Fi drumming Jelly Roll
  concrete concentration camp
  bashing in veins for peace
  cold blue steel and sweet fire
  fall into lady release
  
  “Come with me
  I know the way” she says
  “It’s down, down, down the dark ladder
  do you want to contact somebody first
  I mean what does it really matter
  you’re going to come now
  or you’re going to come later”