THEY CALL IT THE
YES THEY CALL IT THE DEATH-HOUSE
YOU CAN HEAR THE FURY AND THE
SUFFERING THEY CALL IT THE DEATH-HOUSE

I PIERCED THE WEEPING BUBOE ON MY CHIN
AND PIERCED THREE WEEPING BUBOES ON MY BACK AND I LET
THEM WEEP, I GAVE THEM THEIR MOMENT AND GAVE
IT GENEROUSLY
WITH A GENEROSITY THAT HAS COME TO DEFINE WHO I AM
AT THIS MOMENT
I GAVE IT TO THEM
I GAVE THEM THE HOUSE BUT I CANCELLED THE UTILITIES
I GAVE THEM THE KEYBOARDS BUT WITHHELD THE KEYS
I GAVE THEM THE WASHBOARD BUT WITHHELD THE MELODIES
AND THEY WERE GOOD MELODIES TOO,
AS IF FROM GOD OR JESUS OR MEN ON THE MOON
IT WAS ALL FINE, AND DINOSAURS HAPPILY LIVED SIDE BY SIDE THE
AND I GAVE THEM THE DUSTPAN AND
WITHHELD THE BrUSH.