The velveteen girl,
skirt of swirling fire.
While disease lumbers
through the memorial town,
and a lasting sleep
settles like dust –
She waits for a new
beginning,
one lonelier and brighter,
toast of the town
with the crusts blazed off.
The velveteen girl,
skirt of swirling fire.
While disease lumbers
through the memorial town,
and a lasting sleep
settles like dust –
She waits for a new
beginning,
one lonelier and brighter,
toast of the town
with the crusts blazed off.