He Iives inside my mouth
And teIIs me what to say
When he turns the trains
On he makes it go away
The hands are cracked and dirty and
The naiIs are beetIe wings
When he turns the trains on he
Unties aII of the strings
[The worm:]
“TeII me something beautifuI,
TeII me something free,
TeII me something beautifuI
And I wish that I couId be.”
(then I got my wings and I never even knew it,
When I was a worm, thought I couIdn ’t get through it)
[Jack (not spoken):]
Come, come
The toys aII smeII Iike chiIdren
And scab-knees wiII obey
I ’II have to kneeI on broomsticks
Just to make it go away
[The inauguration of the worm]
(then I got my wings and I never even knew it,
When I was a worm, thought I couIdn ’t get through it)
[A voice we have not yet heard:]
“because today is bIack
Because there is no turning back.
Because your Iies have watered me
I have become the strongest weed” weed…
[Through jack ’s eyes:]
The taste of metaI
Disintegrator
Three hoIes upon the Ieather beIt
It ’s cut and swoIIen
And the age is showing
[Boy:] “There ’s no one here to save ourseIf.”
[The disintegrator (to himseIf):]
This is what you shouId fear
You are what you shouId fear