Fire-goddess

                                I'm the salamander's grandbaby

                                  Must be fire in my blood

                                  'Cause everything I touch

                                  Just erupts into flames

                                In every heart I visit

                                  I leave a little something

                                  Of myself -- a napalm bomb

                                And I'm so burned by the shrapnel

                                  Of exploding hearts

                                  I can hardly remember what I look like --

                                  -- Looked like

                                And that's why I have to leave you

                                  I like you too much to love you

                                  If I loved you it would kill you

                                Haven't I already caused you pain?

                                Don't you already feel yourself smoldering?

                                Damning, cursing, hating myself,

                                  I'll break your heart and mine

                                  Slowly

                                Is it not better to die

                                  Quickly, cleanly

                                  From a gunshot

                                Than to be doused in gasoline

                                  And lit by my match?
Fall 1993