he lives inside my mouth



and tells me what to say



when he turns the trains



on he makes it go away



the hands are cracked and dirty and



the nails are beetle wings



when he turns the trains on he



unties all of the strings



The worm: 'tell me something beautiful,



tell me something free,



tell me something beautiful



and I wish that I could be.'



(then I got my wings and I never even knew it,



when I was a worm, thought I couldn't get through it)



Jack: (not spoken) come, come



the toys all smell like children



and scab-knees will obey



I'll just have to kneel on broomsticks



just to make it go away



[the inauguration of the worm]



(then I got my wings and I never even knew it,



when I was a worm, thought I couldn't get through it)







a voice we have not yet heard: 'because today



is black/because there is no turning back.



because your lies have watered me/



I have become the strongest weed' weed...



through jack's eyes:



the taste of metal



disintegrator



three holes upon the leather belt



it's cut and swollen



and the age is swollen



boy: ' there's no one here to save ourself.'



the disintegrator: (to himself)



this is what you should fear



you are what you should fear