nara dreamland

Nicole Dollanganger

We broke into dreamland
Just so we could have one more day there
But I could not stand to see it in such sad disrepair
He wanted to hold me in the roller coaster carts
Sunken into the ground
All I could think about
Was how much I wanted to
Burn it all down

He tried to tell me things get abandoned
It's okay for them to rot
I told him that we should find some gasoline
He said we'd better not

We broke into dreamland
To find the parts of us that we left behind
But I could not stand the smell of death
When everything was still alive
If only I could pull out the clown's teeth
Take them home to keep with me
Euthanize the carousel ponies
Put the park out of its misery

He tried to tell me things get abandoned
It's okay for them to rot
I told him that we should find some gasoline
He said we'd better not