stucko

[Cousin Kil]

New Edit:


stucko

It did me no good but I translated my body for you,
did me no good but I shaved my head by the teeth of piranha.
I made red my breast and beat and bore back flesh
and stacked my books between
my inner
shelving.

The things I knew I put between my bones for you
and at the time I thought I was
the piranha
and the teeth.

And it would have done me no good but I would have rolled in the dirt for you,
done me no good but I would have navigated the mouth of this cave.
I would have shoved my hands into the red clay
and built for you houses to line up alongside
my read and tired
library.

These things I would have built for you
til these things I knew I buried for me.
I put them
in the stucco.


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WOMAN (original)

Woman,
(for you are a Woman
and that is what I admire of you)
i used to think you’re real cool

and i will be pulling gold nuggets out of my own
stomach
i will sticky-finger lyrics to see
what come of it
i am not above the dirt of god nor below the rubble of a man
i am
the puma
and the piece of meat

but Woman,
(for you are a Woman
and that is what i admire of you)
i used to think you’re real cool

and it did me no good but i
translated my body for you
did me no good but i
shaved my head by the teeth of piranha
i made red my breast
and beat and bore back flesh
and stacked my books between
my inner
shelving

yeah i used to think you’re real cool
these things i knew i put between my bones for you
and in the moment i thought i was
the piranha
and the teeth

Woman,
(for you are a Woman
and that is what i admire of you)
i used to think you’re real cool

and it would have done me no good but i would have
beveled in this god-dirt for you
done me no good but i would have
navigated the yawn of this chasm
cleaved
by my own sticky fingers
i would have shoved my hands into this
rubble-meat red clay
and built for you houses to line up alongside
my read and tired
library

yeah i used to think you’re real cool
these things i would have built for you
‘til these things i knew i buried for me

Woman,
(for you and your clay are just a Woman
and that is what i admire of you)
you fit so small on me