Like a ton of bricks it hits before she finishes her sentence as the predicate predicts a swift ending to her presence i could see it coming from a mile away at six hundred miles an hour a surprise attack, a tora tora kamikaze no looking back a tactic of considerable power it doesn't matter now what i should have done then my heart was in the right place at the wrong time again in close to half a second my composure was lost and i had found my modesty "everything not in the dumpster was otherwise tossed," ...her voice lacking sincerity a phone call is made at midnight that won't let her fall asleep the ringer's turned off but she can hear the answering machine it's you plus me divided by inadequacy times my denial minus three words that were thrown around and around and a why can doo mang ing tang duaplan if you want to get away you'll have to go through me or walk over my dead body (and you just may) the ship is sinking, i'm the captain, there's no escape if you want to get away you're gonna hafta go through meeeehey!