the preacher's daughter

the drumline echoes through every nerve

cardiac arrhythmia knocks your heart out of place

the blood thundering along dreams past brings it back

every breath splinters the silence

it's too quiet

there's nothing left of your face for the crimson to stain

your smile splits a rock into a hard place

the sand under your tongue grits dry ice on a rainy day

archaeologists excavate the desert of your throat and find everything but bone

swallowed the spikes

swallowed the spear

fisherman dredge the boot in your ass from the bile

acid can't save you now

pain can't fix you now

paper dixie cups cant quench fire

sweet nothings won't the quell the soldiers' riot

lineages' thousand year rot floats free

generations' prayers glean their pound of flesh

you reek of fresh ambrosia, stink of her sex

lollygagged tongue with a ready pink

reptilian eyes bulge for bloodless nectar, sink deep as you sizzle

long, slender piano hands barely breech

you know you shouldn't be exposed like this

there's solitude in romance and tenderness in death

there's quick sobs and the fear of god in peace, relief in the faded sick

legs could tremble an avalanche

knees could knock, rap five at the door

the only cold, calling

what do you fear?

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