The Circus

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I remember a jet slowly scraping 
Low and heavy across a sky of slate 
I remember the angle of your elbow 
As it doubled back 
In the crack of fists across a face 
I remember the suck of boots in mud 
Guttural, sexual, in those clandestine woods 

Down at the river's edge 
Below the concrete bed 
The smell of lilac in your hair 
Where the stinging nettles grow 
The the lonely rushes blow 
I left you in a culvert there 

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust 
Buildings and dreams dissolve into rust 
Now all the flowers are turning brown 
'Cause the circus is coming to town 
'Cause the circus is coming to town 

I remember dying to cry out 
But throat-stuck with briars and stones 
As your ruddy lips grew much ruddier 

Step you lightly now 
We must keep our voices down 
The dogs of remorse 
Follow close on the wind 

Take your face off, don't be shy 
They can't hunt you with their eyes 
But surely they know the scent of sin 

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust 
Buildings and dreams dissolve into rust 
Now all the flowers are turning brown 
'Cause the circus is coming to town 
'Cause the circus is coming to town 

I remember falling, falling back 
Into that tangled bed: a mesh of twigs 
Deflowered like a virgin bride 
In the ground swell of spring 

Underneath that deciduous canopy 
Propped up with jagged scaffolding 
Is that a train or thunder coming? 
Is that a train or thunder?

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