The Absinthian

from Quite Mean Spirited by Batavia

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With one clear eye
You see the smile
Tasting my lips
Thrilling up my skull and
Down to my painted fingertips

Hold out your hand
Hold out your arms
Let me in

Green Fairy in a bottle
You loved me and I loved me too
Sugar on my tongue
Lingers in my mouth

Stay here and kiss me again

With a cloudy eye
Pretend you cant see the
Fishhook snarled in my lip

Running running running away
The weight of the hate is grating
My thighs
And sways from my hips

The ear of Van Gough
The late Mrs Jean Lanfray
Dorian Gray's better angels
Drown in the louche

Recoiling hand
Pushing away
I'm coming in
Anyway

You hated me and I hate me too
Splinters in my tongue
Blood in my mouth

Stay here and take it again

First you see things as you wish they were
Second you see them as they are not
Finally you see things as they really are
And that is the most horrible thing in the world

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from Quite Mean Spirited, released August 29, 2020
Terri & Ed Cripps

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