left out in the rain too long / there was not no glory to

re-live



all 3 fingers - all your limbs / pliable now as

steam and soft light



traded off when you were down / took it

- on took it on



the story bitches and the scene don’t care /

unraveling now like steam and soft light



the cutter loses

his nerve and turns away 



the stepdaughter dissolves into

the dark woods soundless





mama take the pillow from

under my head / stepdaughter made my dying bed



left out in

the rain too long / to marinate in steam and soft

light





the stepdaughter dissolves into the dark woods

soundless



the cutter delivers an elk heart for false

proof



bury me shallow and scratch out my name 



i’d make

every mistake all over again