Crawlersout

Purity Ring

Compositor: Corin Roddick / Megan James

Sea water is flowing from the
Middle of my thighs
Wild buffalo are dancing on
Cliff tops in the skies

Adorn me in feathers
From dead birds and
Contemplate the size of
Leather pelts to wind me in
Put shutters on my eyes

They'll cover the hills
With their sweet flesh
And soft nails
They'll cover the doors
With their screams that
Their minds dispose

Write it down, write it down
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 their screams that
Their minds dispose

They'll weave their long souls
Into the frame to grow their foliage in
They'll sew their long hairs
Into their beds to keep them crawlers out
To keep them crawlers out
To keep them crawlers out
To keep them crawlers out
Keep them crawlers out
Keep them crawlers out