double down
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do not let your daughter be put to death in the underworld
do NOT let her bright silver be covered by the dust of the underworld
No sweat (fastensfixesfocuses)
It’ll all be over soon (squashessqueezessmashes)
we go down, i go down, i go down, we go down …
loose my belly’s dread, take me to your bed, loose my belly’s dread, take me to your bed
(in the jungle …)
loose my belly’s dread, take me to your (my) bed, loose my belly’s dread
take me to your (mighty) bed …
what if i (go down) what if i (never get enough) what if i (fooling myself) what if i (die alone) what if i (can’t help them all) what if i (don’t get it) what if i (lose LOVE) what if i (suffer) what IF i (make trouble) WHAT if i (can’t help them all) what if I ??
what if i ??
what if i ?? (don’t mean a thing)
what if i ??
what if i ?? (just don’t get it)
what if i
get what I want?
When we were young and the wind told us stories…
purple flowers in your hair
our skin, alive
where our body meets the air
will you dance with the waves?
with anyone who’s brave enough to ask you?
amber, and jade, a simple prayer
when you look us in the eyes
burgundy and indigo and every other color
trying on so many roles, trying to discover
the meaning of those secret months
of never seeming to be done
of who I am, and why do we suffer?
now this garment that we wear
it fits, we grew
like the colors in your hair
will you sit with the dead?
with anyone who has no need to rush you?
your Faith is your protection
your Faith is your protection
(Faith… your… Faith… our…)
(your Faith… our Faith…)
Special thanks to J. Ruth Gendler for abundant inspiration in The Book of Qualities