Worm Was Wood

worm was wood

snail was an ocelot

the deer in the headlights

was a marigold in bloom

lily was light

and a teardrop was a grain of sand

you were counting sweaters

while sheep were howling at the moon



earth was flat

and sugar fly was sewer-rat

the leaves that were blowing

were still growing when we left



bird was bug

and billy was a beetle too

i was in love with you

how quickly we forget



we forget the clothes we wear

were only fur and feathers

we held the world together without proof

we forget the lies we tell were yet to be invented

and we lived with only instinct and the truth



snake was stick

and branches were open arms

the tide came in

and it covered up our bed



worm was wood

this used to be a neighbourhood

you made a promise

how quickly we forget

how quickly we forget