take me back to the beginning

i want to start all over again

i don’t want to end up a clamshell

stripped of it’s muscle

cracked open on the shore

hey hey now don’t you frown

isn’t there some slight of hand

some sort of deceit where you close

your fingers over the egg

and open them up again

this time revealing nothing

hey hey now don’t you frown

i’ll give in to whatever works

whatever offers me the best odds

i don’t want to end up a hamster

stripped of his dignity

alsleep at his go nowhere wheel

hey hey now don’t you frown

isn’t there some violet tincture

some sort of undo elixer made from

honey or jelly and coconut leaves

i’d take it no questions

placebo or poison i’ve nothing left to lose

hey hey now don’t you frown

bhagiti 5.21.07 perrysburg, oh