Phyllis - The Arrivals

Phyllis, before you were dead

I’d hoped you’d see some thread tightly connecting it all

The cosmos unfold

Is there light?

Does it shine brightly?

Forming a beacon, exposing hope for us now?

You said, «Nitsa's a beautiful girl»

Hooray for the living

Boo that my back is so sore

Curse when I’m gone

If there’s a light, not in gravestones

Go start a fire

Quickly, go burn what you find

Phyllis, before you were dead

You mumbled and sputtered

Exploding a body for us

Ancient, indeed

Shake the dead

Shake the dead

Wake them and tell them

Nothing has changed in this world