most of my favourite music is lyrically depressing

but you could dance to it

or at least smile to it

which is a shortcoming of prose writing

the saddest song in the world could be your fucking song

the average sad prose writing just makes you feel sorry for someone

so here's a break for a trumpet solo

♪♫

yeah yeah yeah!

I could keep writing about you, sure

Little tokens of affection

But the thing about tokens is that, in a literal sense, they are a thing that have no actual value other than that given to them by the place they're used.

A token isn't a quarter, a token of affection isn't concrete

So maybe I'll knock it off

But probably not

I woke up from that dream again

I woke up soaked in gore again

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed

I woke up still in my own head

I woke up inside a dream and then woke up again

I woke up already exhausted from the day that hadn't begun

I woke up remembering and taking pride in everything that I had accomplished in my sleep while simultaneously dreading everything that I wouldn't accomplish during my conscious hours

But also soaked in gore, remember that, soaked in gore.

This is a crucial detail that will become important in the future.