Pulse Issue 2: 2023

Half Life

by: J. L


Another half-assed last laugh inside my head

How we were pretty shitty lovers, but way worse friends

I write all in a letter, but won’t press send

‘Cause you’re all better off keeping me a loose end


I feel the breeze of the atom bomb wash over me

I am finally free from fragility

They say an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind

But I can still look through you just fine


TAKE COVER

Sound the alarm

This time around I’m finally gonna get harmed

TAKE COVER

We’re about to explode

Take my last words laughing and let go


Lick the blood off the martyr who caught the grenade

Was gonna die for his country all the same

How many walls will I put up to keep me caged?

How many soldiers will meet the same fate?


TAKE COVER

‘Cause we’re goin’ down

Brace myself for the moment I hit the ground

TAKE COVER

‘Cause I’m hittin’ home

Take my last words laughing and let go


The half-life keeps you in my mind

The half-life keeps me feelin’ fine

The half-life keeps you in my mind

The half-life haunts me all the time


The half-life keeps you in my mind

The half-life keeps me feelin’ fine

The half-life keeps you in my mind

The half-life haunts me all the time


TAKE COVER

Sound the alarm

This time around I’m finally gonna get harmed

TAKE COVER

We’re about to explode

Take my last words laughing and let go


TAKE COVER

‘Cause we’re goin’ down

Brace myself for the moment I hit the ground

TAKE COVER

‘Cause I’m hittin’ home

Take my last words laughing and let go


Kitty Grim (AKA Julian Laiken) is a non binary (they/them) musician and horror writer living in Toronto, Canada.

An interview with Kitty Grim on Half Life