This is all a big joke You and I are just passing time Until extinction
I have teeth of pig iron And my back is a mountain When I stretch in the sunrise Oak trees snap and echo strangely In the valley of my spine
A she bear walked upon my knees Scraping her claws against my thigh Birds soar about my forehead Great whales swim in my mouth Wolves hunt in the kingdom of my belly And howl as I kiss the full face of my moon
Foxes learn the twists and curves of my palm Rabbits burrow in my chest Deer graze upon my feet And the green bulbs of my eyelash Bloom white blossoms
I reached up With calloused hands I felt the delicate slumber of stars I cast them to the earth And crushed them beneath my great bare feet
I ate the earth Much like a green apple And put the nickel core In my pocket I put Sol in my mouth And the universe was dark for a while
I grow tired of sleep And I dream madly of the road again Women wear long silk gowns They whisper words and grab my arms They open my mouth and pour in tankards Of dark drink Burning Burning down in my belly
They slept in the crook of my arm And the long black hair tickled my face They were silent when they awoke And my slumber was deep They cut my throat ear to ear Laughing as my blood poured into the cauldron of the sea Laughing as they snip my hair with scissors Laughing as they remove my left eye *We are fate your body is beautiful Oh King, give us your turqoise eye We have a knife/a good sharp knife! We can feast forever on a sliver of your skin And will build the earth again with your sinew