Harriet - Hey Rosetta!

Through the hem of evening

Into the flesh of the night

You step out to receive them

In the bruising light

You leave your bed of novels

You leave your hovering crown

You leave your wit and your mettle

And you come down

But it’s only a minute then

Til the hole in the canvas spreads

And it grows til there’s nothing left

So if you even remember

Me after all that will come

Think of all i intended

Not what i’ve done

See me like an arrow

Still upon the bow

Set to the heart of the target

Hanging bright above

But it’s only a minute then

Til the shot is released and sent

And lost to the shifting wind

Oh they don’t know you, not like i do, not like us, harriet

But they would love you, just like i do, if they could, harriet

Cause what you are, and what you want, are so far apart, and they’re travelling

on

Oh what you are is staggering drunk, but i’ll pick you up and i’ll carry you off

Oh they don’t know you, not like i know you, not like us, harriet

But they would love you, just like i love you, if they could, harriet