What’s with all the noise?
In your head,
Boy?
I’m vibrating with it
From across the room

What was said?
Over and over
What was done?
That led you to plunder the
                         Stars in their darkness
and
                                                      Run up and down walls?

It’s the back hand of the night,
Strong-arm
Girl?
Dark side of the world, curves
She may have bent it
                       Light side of the moon, she
                                                        Illuminates us

And what did you learn?
What did you learn as the hours curled?
And can you take it with you?

And what’s with all this noise?
The scratching dawn
A creaking sun
A daughter who becomes a son
From morning to each midnight
From bed to birdcage to sharpened knife
- The secret you carry in you

Girl, oh Boy
Sharpen your werewolf teeth
Caress the beginning of day back into sleep
And promise to never grow up