GIVE
ME BLOOD
GIVE ME AIR-
PLANES SINKING
SHIPS DEEP INTO
THE SUNLIGHT GIVE
ME CLOWNS DANCING
IN THE WHITES OF EYES
WIDE OPEN AND WATCHING
GIVE ME BASSLINES SHAKING
EVERY BONE UNTIL THE BODIES
BURST LIKE BOMBS IN THE OCEAN
GIVE ME LOVE GIVE ME HATE GIVE ME
YOUR BLOOD I’LL LET YOU DRINK MINE
GIVE ME HOPE THAT TASTES NUCLEAR IN A
WORLD WHERE WE ARE THE ONLY WEAPONS
OF MASS DESTRUCTION GIVE ME GUILT TO SATIATE
THIS DEVILISH HUNGER GIVE ME VISIONS OF DAGGERS
DIGGING DEEP INSIDE DEATH GIVE ME A CHALK OUTLINE
BODY WHERE I CAN COLLAPSE AND SMEAR MY INSIDES
ALL ACROSS THE BLACK VINYL FLOORING GIVE ME UGLY
REFLECTIONS OF REAL HUMANITY AND FAKE ANIMALS
GIVE ME THE WORLD INVERTED INTO BLUE AND WHITE
PAIRED WITH EVERY SOUL CHOKING ON THE STILL RED-
NESS OF DEMOCRACY ON THE TELEVISION WHILE
WE STILL HAVE ACCESS TO SUCH A DEVICE
GIVE ME THE END OF THE WORLD
AND MAKE IT SWEET
Writer | Sam Huang ’26 | lhuang26@amherst.edu
Editor | Bea Agbi ’26E | bagbi26@amherst.edu