Songs of Serafina

V1:

Something gross inside the marrow

Sunken deep at the bottom of a barrel.

I don’t wanna know what lies beneath the rot

Feeling gummy and numb as my skin gets hot.

I wish I was you, or him, or had her big mouth-

But this MRI is revealing things I’d rather live without…

(MRI machine scanning, beeping, clanging)

S: Banging on Helium

V1:

Knock knock on the woodshed’s door,

Trying to hit the balloon before it falls to the floor.

Helium lungs filled up with foam

That kid’s a clown, sitting in a bathtub alone.

Get ‘em a toy, maybe a kite in flight

Raise your palms up high if you’ve seen the light! (Johnny Cash’s I Saw the Light plays concurrently)

But have no fear, dear, don’t give in to fright-

Because when you’re banging on helium, you feel just right…

S: Allergic Reaction

V1:

Some Digitalis for my heart, please.

Soreness as I get on my knees.

I pray you- an epinephrine, a reprieve,

Because I cannot stand the way you tease.

Double vision, concussion, total sensual abduction,

Put me out of my misery and hang me out to dry.

Although I fear nothing except God,

You have put the fear of God in me.