Tinnitus II

My siren has come
Soft with wolf's eyes
Her velvet embrace
Advanced, unasked

She whispers a song
Melody of eternal love
But I cannot requite
Such sharp passions

Tinnitus

I dropped and broke a TV set
Wrapped its cable around my neck
It cracks and loops a horror scene
And rings my ears with dying screams

I drag that box towards middle-age
Ceaseless whistling that never fades
An old dog hounded by howling noise
Wrought on nights out with the boys