Meridian Ground

Away to the east of the isle Where the median swells and they gut the fish The wharf-men sing, and beat the water beat the water so We watch them shift from the timeworn Dance to the heated clash Our sisters pray to raise us for better men On meridian ground The half-breeds and the kids in bloom Drain the water from the room Fill it up again On meridian ground The half-breeds and the kids in bloom My auntie died in a one-room house on the top road With the candles cold, and a smile upon her face We run inside and place our kites by her bed frame She surges higher, the hills and the gullies fall We swim out under the ships and flirt with pain like a mistress Like the hemlock blade that bathes in the boiling tea What a fool, what a fool can I be On meridian ground The half-breeds and the kids in bloom Drain the water from the room Fill it up again On meridian ground The half-breeds and the kids in bloom Midway through the hour We send our blighted tongues to rest Twin babies sick and dispossessed On meridian ground The half-breeds and the kids in bloom Drain the water from the room Fill it up again On meridian ground The half-breeds and the kids in bloom On meridian ground The half-breeds and the kids in bloom Drain the water from the room Fill it up again On meridian ground The half-breeds and the kids in bloom Drain the water from the room