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bite down (sketch)

from new work by noah mclaughlin

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i've come to see a gypsy in lilies draped in black
i ask her to lay the cards for me: pose questions to the stack
because i have never been here she says i must feed her sin
offers me an apple red on the Lethe banks we swim

she tells me to bite down
let the poison flow
these cards won't sing your destiny
but you never know

i cross a man on the king's road, on a horse as black as night
his banner the wind holds mercilessly; i ask him wither the light
because the path is narrow, we ride not side by side
to persephone's tree he takes me: where forbidden fruit may hide

he tells me to bite down
shelter from the snow
these seeds won't sing your destiny
but you never know

in Hades i seek an angel: take my hand and show me pain
show me where my lover twists in the devil's legerdemain
the serpent's song is mighty; seraphs only whisper sweet
they are drowned out by the lust-wind that kisses at my feet

it tells me to bite down
don't ever let go
these bones won't sing your destiny
but you never know

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from new work, released December 15, 2011

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Appalachian distortion, folk samples, and ancient myths.

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