eurydice (2009)

there once was a springtime

dill lavender blue

the scene never softer

in nival review

the serpent, the may queen

danced fate’s minuet

while lovers and sisters

played long on their frets

the singers, the stardust

took may to the moon

where white holy larvae

spin tapestry loom

the may queen, the moth queen

dance porch light ballet

he caught them; he kept them

they won’t fly away

they tried and they tried

to break free from their home

they'd sit and they'd cry

in the cramped diamond dome

that night they got out

when he screwed off the lid

he turned just to hold them

they'd already left

he turned just to hold them

but they'd already left