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Milk Thistle

from In the Sun by Christine Shields

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Here's my name, windtorn and forgotten,
I soak this rain, through thistles and cotton,
I haul this pain all the way to the bottom, oh

And when I'm down, my soul sodden
This leaden crown and a mind besotted
beside myself like a twin gone rotten, oh

Raise up your seashells and fill them with teardrops
and send all the saltwater back to the sea
let the water hold you, swallow unhollow
your heart is adrift and your ghosts all set free

Haul me in, I'm a treasure gone feral
My pockets weighed down, full of pearls and perils
My gowns soaked through, all the way to the marrow, oh

Raise up your bright skulls, they fill up with white gulls
Who drink all our tears up and eat all our fears up
Who take flight and let go of stories that grow old
And now that this tale's told turn back into Sea

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from In the Sun, released May 30, 2018

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