sea water's flowing from the
middle of my thighs
wild buffalo are dancing on
cliff tops in the sky
adorn me in feathers from
dead birds
contemplate the size
of leather pelts to
wind me in put
shudders on my eyes
write it down
the names and dates of the daughters
who bore out of me like
grandmother's vines
they hang from the planks
of my cedar grave grow
pretty long lashes and beards
guarding the rain of me from them
heedless trampling toes
gathering honeybees in their
sockets and creases and holes
they'll cover the hills with their
sweet flesh and soft nails
they'll cover the doors with the screams
that their minds dispose
they'll weave their long souls
into the frame
to grow their foliage in
sew their long hairs
into their beds
VERBATIM FROM THE VINYL SLEEVE:
sea water's flowing from the middle of my thighs wild buffalo are dancing on cliff tops in the sky adorn me in feathers from dead birds contemplate the size of leather pelts to wind me in put shudders on my eyes
write it down the names and dates of the daughters who bore out of me like grandmother's vines they hang from the planks of my cedar grave grow pretty long lashes and beards guarding the rain of me from them heedless trampling toes gathering honeybees in their sockets and creases and holes
they'll cover the hills with their sweet flesh and soft nails they'll cover the doors with the screams that their minds dispose they'll weave their long souls into the frame to grow their foliage in sew their long hairs into their beds
to keep them crawlers out