I was not the original son A first page A number one I was always the period At the end The quotation marks That were left undone
I was the pause That separates That feeling you get That you came too late The one who stood outside the door When inside were passed Out the fates
So I've come To walk around Those now living in the ground Where in the dark there is no light None to much to talk about Just my breath the only sound
I have come here To settle down Upon this space My hallowed ground My favorite stone upon which I sit Beside the ties they left unbound
With the Dead I hold my court There are no groans They don't exhort The chase is done The horns have sounded Hark the chords of a la mort
Until dawn A captive audience I hold down My midnight's deviance Until first light Threatens with Complete radiance