The Winding Sheet
sleepy patients push the pageant on
buffalo roam the bathhouses
and bathe in pricey blood
a child lost in his own lawn
buoying boys in the water gardens drowned
the love gets lost
feast upon the flesh and make a horrid mess
all the kings have cloth
made from golden strings and the best
hair from beautiful whores
stitched by surgeon slaves
bathe in the house of the lord
then hunt in his forest no more
treasures scored, babies born, ugly duck fucks
all luck and keep track numbers on murderers
there’s plenty of room in the royal pond
for the killers and hustler sods
the love gets lost in the price it costs
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