A Child's Blood

Amidst the glazed sweat of a rural summer I'm asked to describe an acceptable year 'Unknown by default and choice' I reply Well what is your plan, what is your plan To lay all day in a canopied bed Held by the claws of a stoneless brooch Sending the air out sigh by sigh Regretting the start and the middle The day we squinted at the sun The day we squinted at the sun When we were young We were so tightly buttoned Now all that I want is to feel the spikes Cornered and punctured I'll show you a rupture I'll show you how a child's blood runs I'll show you how a child's blood runs What is the poison they've offered to drink Where is the door Can I leave out the back door 'When you were born', he says to me I saw from your eyes that you'd had been here before' But I've been deceived, yes he's lied to me Where is the door can I leave out the back door? What is the poison they've offered to drink I can't see a thing but I'll tell him I'm happy The sleep will come easy The sleep will come easy When we were young We were so tightly buttoned Now all that I want is to feel the spikes Cornered and punctured I'll show you a rapture Where youth is wasted on the young Where youth is wasted on the young Your youth is wasted on your young You saw a giant leap when I was only crawling Now I'll never get to sleep And the coward's way is daunting You saw a giant leap when I was only crawling Now I'll never get to sleep In the sweating throes of my service Passing coins from hand to hand I don't have a plan and I don't want a plan All that I need comes from all that I have When the string snaps I will kiss your shadow Piercing my skin with what can't be undone When the end comes death will not permit an echo You know how a child's blood runs You know how a child's blood runs You know how a child's blood runs