Mother spoke in tongues of ancient texts while I was suckling from her breasts Dad's vision said the end was soon one time when I was in the room I'd
I enter the room and nervously smile we haven't had time by ourselves in a while I feel powerful here in your timid embrace how familiar the fear on
You think in such unlikely ways to whisper out your careful phrase Never ending verse arrives divided into many lives Show me where to put my ear so
A silhouette, I focus out Delicate ear, I am a shout The cadence of a slow, deep breath I never pause to fill my chest A patient dream that wants to
Mother spoke in tongues of ancient texts while I was suckling from her breasts Dad's vision said the end was soon one time when I was in the room I'
Get high on ether when there's no one in the house pretend it's the big one at the moment you pass out It's just rehearsal, but it's comforting somehow
The dogs are still expecting your father is a general Benjamin's a murderer Your sister is a sponge your mother is worker Jonah, I ran into your mom
I try to stay awake when the world is dark cause when I dream of you I wake up with marks Mother says it happens falling out at bed More like falling
In somno ineo metus et post velum alter animus reperio in asper coritas salteramus et sine cutis concubitamus vis impetus ex gaudium ex gaudium et terror
In a cave near home I found the scroll Old Hebrew, or something close written on it Stooped over thick volumes, slow working translation came as follows
We were at the alter on the day you were baptized everyone who held you has the moment memorized But thankful memories have mingled with a grief because
The children of Wales in formative years can summon old Celtic with polyglot sneers So kids, what's the translation- I mean how would you say "My useless
We run toward lightning flashes we tunneled in here through a flame We lean into air that crashes the wind in how we came However You retrieve us even
