I can see your ribs Jacob's ladder holding your organs in tight Count them up Un deux trois Cats on your socks And the world on your shoulders
Are you a god that you can stand the weight of seven billion souls?
How many times have you seen night turn to day and back again?
You've got history stenciled into your skin Your father's complexion and your mother's fingers In a combination so significant that only the youth can relate Hard to be, hard to grow When your ancestors have already grown so tall behind you
Set down the planet for a while Give it a good kick Watch it roll Time spun the wrong way A million sunrises in a moment
Is this not better? Teeth flashing in backtracked frowns All the laughs before they happen