He watched her from across the street She let the dishes pile up but always washed her sheets He knocked on her door at midnight one time He needed a bible for last seconds, so he gave her a dime All she could find was her mother's lucky penny So she prayed for his soul and she didn't pray for many He came to her clean bed through her door jam the next day She was uncertain why she had stayed When he left he kissed her over the windowsill with splinters in his lips She didn't kiss him back and he pulled at her hips She spit in his mouth and drew blood from his tongue So he fled quickly, and escaped with air in one lung She shot arrows with her eyes from over her kitchen sink She hit him in the back while he was sipping a strong drink He drowned in his blood with glass still in hand She burned his house down and cursed the ashy land They took her away with silver around her wrists But even naked behind bars, up her sleeves were still tricks