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Elixir of Life (The Price of Finding a Muse)

from Ink Marrow Treacle II by Dani Lee Pearce

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written November 8, 2018 - December 22, 2021

lyrics

4 little misfits
who live in the trees
head to the house
of the raggetys
answer the doorbell
in smile and little songs
they cry for food
dont have to cry for long
reversing time
and stealing strings of lights
and shiny things
they just want their home
to be bright
they just want their home
to be right
two old dwarves
who married years ago
welcome them in
with bowls of cheerios
they rest in both their beards
as the night gets very cold
so the dwarves roll out a mattress
and sleep with them on the floor
coverted in quilts and blankets galore

A Consummate Pursuit
is as much a Cancer
as it is Elixir of Life.
The Difference Between Living to 40
and Dying at 40
and falling backwards into 97

shock beyond horror
seduce beyond heart
and a spike beyond the mortal (Elixir of Life)
and reduce back to the start
of the very first mouth that it
birthed from another shower conversation

the price of finding a muse is ruin
running on a treadmill for 1000 miles
towards a painting just out of reach
forever energized toward but blind to see
you dont see me

empty sheets of office paper
flying right out of the carriage (Elixir of Life)
of an erika typewriter
held by white gloves of one
particular maroon haired journalist

in the backseat of a chevy
hatchback silver-lined convertible electric car
its not a matter of body envy
the body just takes what it wants to soak into

mistress clutching invisible hands
soak up the ink residue (Elixir of Life)
leaving empty trees on plastic park sand
to hold a silent picnic at
a solitary table

“the price of finding a muse is ruin”
is scratched in a stretch of plank on the seating
as the rain showers signed with signature dragon etching rings
they dont see me

right before i was born
i turned and said to god
“in this life, I Am going to rule the world,
but do it My way.”
god responded “Oh No You Don’t
You Little BITCH”
and in response to That
i tore gods dick off
and stuck it where my pussy used to be
for good luck
then i made my descent.


seeing my old haunt
the place i
roughed it in my younglin years
the parks i slept at
the benches where i ate my lunch and brekkies and dinner

i still know where all the best foods are
cause where i am now, still dont know, where to go to get a
decent burrito

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from Ink Marrow Treacle II, released February 26, 2024

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nb trans songwriter orignally from the west coast

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