A man with a coil-like case Crossed the street, A woman with white-striped gaze Nailed his feet
One clear taste of her hair’s rye For black mourn he would give, Change fine glimpse in the crown of his eye For thorns from above she would do with relief
All those strained, all bewildered, Alive or dead No trace, no thread The bridge that ate That ate towers Shall never reach the lowest shore
A child with robes of an age Shut the door, An adult of one other new stage Burned down its core
For the growing-up it would give Every single slice of its sky, Manhood’s sweet burden he wouldn’t perceive All inner personas to deny
All those strained, all bewildered, Alive or dead No trace, no thread The bridge that ate That ate towers Shall never reach the lowest shore
No lore and no experience, No existence and no deliverance, The bridge that ate, that ate towers Should have never been bridged