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It was Wrong by Jesse Rademacher
from Legacy 2000
It was wrong
by Jesse Rademacher
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I awoke just now from score years sleep
dust in my hair, tears on my cheek
I walked waist-deep in caustic memory
from which animals hide and boat-men flee
I awoke with the taste of your mouth on my lips
somewhat singed by the slide of your fingertips
and your smoke still stings my glassy eyes
as I tromp through this wood and wade through
your lies
I awoke just now from score years sleep
a great deal wiser and free from your keep
you sense I have left as I flee through your glen
your hounds of memory pursue me and then?
I will die in your forest before I give in
die in your ams, short of you and short of sin
Take the bloody secret with me to the grave
And no longer slumber in the bed that you gave
It was wrong
