in the belly of the beast and out the blow hole to the salty sea she s a seagull boat floating like a dead man all the dead tend to float and her ghost came in like a silent thief heard the drop of a pin stole my beard of bees and there s no ugly buzzing for the keeper to keep oh lo in the distance the stallion comes and they call him lightning for his hind legged run boxing his hooves at the dampening dawn come let lightning strike me down i m ready as i ll ever be right now but we can t understand her with her teeth out her mouth she said come let lightning strike me down i m ready as i ll ever be right now at the sound of applause she took a swooping bow we put heavy coins on her eyelids and we clothed her fast softening breast and her children were five flaming arrows and her ashes were solemnly left to the wind down to puerto rico where her father stood silent she laughed looking down at her firm able body and he pulled her now close to his chest he said i know each love is a lifetime my darling i loved you my best please don t cry child it s been such a long time you look like the day that i left i left i left i left i left so come let lightning strike me down i m ready as i ll ever be right now in the belly of the beast and out the blow hole lord