“you will beg them to teach you how to pray“
From Father to Son
You are going to leave from here you will find yourself in a city of mirrors
you will ask for a place to sleep they will pull down your pants
and demand your name when you speak they will see your mouth
of baby snakes they will know you have the mind of a hawk
they will know your voice has starved for their songs
a gang of sopranos will dig their fingers a knuckles worth into your ears
and command you to sing
they will call for the priests to scalp you in daylight
the priests will tell you there are no roads to the temple
pilgrim and master alike carry a machete when they pray
they will hack off your pubic hair and replace it with a smattering of soot
on orders to clean you they will cover your penis with leeches
I will stand here pleased I never told you God’s name
you will beg them to teach you how to pray
they will say the only God that matters plays dead when prayers are said
they will throw you in a pit in the middle of their city
citizens will gather above you they will piss on you they will aim for your eyes
you are going to masturbate all night thinking about them
quartering you in the morning
you will ask for a place to sleep they will pull down your pants
and demand your name when you speak they will see your mouth
of baby snakes they will know you have the mind of a hawk
they will know your voice has starved for their songs
a gang of sopranos will dig their fingers a knuckles worth into your ears
and command you to sing
they will call for the priests to scalp you in daylight
the priests will tell you there are no roads to the temple
pilgrim and master alike carry a machete when they pray
they will hack off your pubic hair and replace it with a smattering of soot
on orders to clean you they will cover your penis with leeches
I will stand here pleased I never told you God’s name
you will beg them to teach you how to pray
they will say the only God that matters plays dead when prayers are said
they will throw you in a pit in the middle of their city
citizens will gather above you they will piss on you they will aim for your eyes
you are going to masturbate all night thinking about them
quartering you in the morning
