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Shrike

Spike me to the Hawthorn tree
piece by piece you devour me
garden shrugs, the mantle falls
while I'm writhing on the Hawthorne tree

I heard the earth suck in a breath
sadly now, tenderness
peace becomes such gentle torture
I heard the earth suck in a breath

distrust and the love to unyielding partners
embracing and chasing and not

Hear that voice among the thorns
brash and brazen full of scorn
that's the song that I long for
singing sweetly in the thorns

spike me to the Hawthorne tree
piece by piece you devour me