we wed behind the old house, offered our skin removed it from our branches, and let it be curtains and i asked him where he put the bones; and i asked her where she put the bones: they fed them to the horses we shivered and kissed our linen loud and held the holy spirit in our mouths and my beard did break when it found his face; and my beard did break when it found her face but there's still one light in one house, far in fields from the city one light is a forest fire left running in the pantry one light is a campfire in the living room for reptiles who promise they'll get new skin between the wars, at night fall wild dogs: can i confess, i never wanted this marriage coming home to wife and kids and failed science experiments tear down all the laundry lines! get the sickness out of me! .... and we danced to 'cecilia,' like i did with my mother stomping loud, we filled the kitchen up with each other we shaved our heads clean, and left off the lighthouse kept clothes for ransom, while he pulled the lakes out and he confessed a gravedigger shared with him his bed (i got up to wash my face when i come back to bed someone's taken my place...) and i pulled the telephones right out of his head he quit his job, pulled his teeth, and moved down to the harbour he stole all my money to pay for the lawyers and now he's a whalekiller in the wasteland for hire he can only get it up when you set him on fire and i was lost between his mouth and my mouth and a to z we sinned together when we spread our seeds and now my bashed head can't sew his blood on my back we are broke for bricks, and the house is quiet