dowry

i ain't never seen no kids      
like those ones by annie may      
louis sat indian style      
when the hurricanes came      
and they turned around      
he has this condition      
where he sees everything upside down      
he tells momma he don't want the surgery      
that she can't afford anyway      
     
baby brotha jebidia      
isn't good at arithmitic      
hops gravestones in the dry season      
till just enough afternoon showers      
arrive to give the crops life again      
but if he opens his eyes      
it will flood      
     
one time we thought he drowned      
fell through the ice out at the pond      
was under for like 5 minutes      
before we found him      
and he was fine      
     
saw a great big hole in the sky that day      
     
     
yeah momma's lil baby boys gone to get her out the bar again      
     
the sister cordelia      
was seen around town this week      
she just came home from a 7 year bid      
for setting 3 of the 5 abandoned churches      
in this fucking cul de sac      
by the poison sea      
a blaze      
by just winking at them  

now
 
grass grows wherever she plants her ash   
     
we used to date      
every time she ran away    
      
at the age of 6      
princess      
had to get skin graphs      
cuz dad forgot to shut off the gas      
in his basement meth lab      
while she was sleeping upstairs      
she never told me about it      
i just hear      
scars everywhere      
i think she thinks i'd care      
     
the ol man caught 2 to the chest      
out by the old fire's station      
behind the cemetary      
punched in late at the paper plant that day