The Billy Club Puppets

from Nihilism Is Real by Dee Madden

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September is the cruelest month
The leaves are full with early snow
Every year, it’s getting hotter
And the pollination cooks

By December, we fight the freezing rain
And the permafrost recedes,
The caves of Naica blister
And the spores have come to roost

Excuse me while I clear my throat
It’s not a cough, not to fear
Don’t want to be painted in a red cross
The sink is coated green
And the great thaw is already here

In the blink of an eye
The germs did scratch
And I passed it on to you
Now we’re confined to this alley
As we watch our nodes explode

The rich wrote a law
That robbed us blind,
Now they’re running for the hills
The tinctures won’t save them
But God is on their side

Excuse me while I clear my throat
It’s just a cough, not to fear
Don’t want to be painted in a red cross
The sink is slurried green
And the great thaw is already here

Though we’re buried under this weather
We are in it together
The fight, it wasn’t wasted
And we’ll never be alone

Though this life is a fleeting whore,
I got to tell you what I needed to say
And I won’t apologize for this
For soon we’ll all be gone, my dear

Excuse me while I clear my throat
It’s not a cough, not to fear
I’m sorry, but what did you say?
My head is hurting from the chill

Don’t want to be painted in a red cross
The sink is coated green
And the great thaw is already here

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from Nihilism Is Real, released June 23, 2019

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