Decline and Fall – Salomé
November 10, 2022
antediluvian snow
the time between july and fall is a lot like that between fall and flood
my skin is sticky and sweet, sensing decline and fall, my eyes are covered in mud
leviticus writes to my beauty in sin, and rejects food that does not cheweth the cud
my beauty was waxing now waning, my health in shambles, my career a dud
i was born a poet neutered by the devil – mine a fiery crucifix, i never asked for the flood
inspired by rimbaud, ethiopian eunuch, i set out to change my world
my limbs ache climbing the steps of parnassus
Sisyphus weeps as angel eunuch choirs cry out –
prepare ye the way of the world! the prodigal son has returned!
and i’m wearing comme des garçons, dripping in mugler
BOOK OF REVELATION from THE THIRD TESTAMENT by PARIAH THE DOLL
and i cant remember the rain
since you ive never been
the same these days it feels ill never win
like you i never understood the wind
and i never understood your pain
i try to believe we’re the same
i can’t believe you don’t think we sinned
like you i never understood the wind
i sing with the angels and seraphim
im sorry i can’t be him
i think that i’ll never get in
Wehe, Wehe Du Wind
my whole life i’ve waited in the rain
what does the serpent have to gain
nobody here knows my name
in the end i guess it’s all the same
through him and with him and in him
WEHE, WEHE DU WIND
i want to get off of this ride
i am who i am in side
i smell the burning bush in your eyes
most days i just want to die
i don’t know how to play this game
i forgot the rules, i can’t smell the rain
i try to, i’ll never be the same
we’ll never be rid of this stain
how far are we Mary from the inn?
since the days of adam when we sinned
i’ve tried to just take life on the chin
but i never understood the wind
i slept through all the day’s sunshine
i want to be yours you be mine
this is real we’re watching the end of time
and i can’t remember my line
and i cant remember the rain
since you ive never been the same
these days it feels ill never win
like you i never understood the wind
through him and with him and in him
hosanna in the highest
hosanna in the highest