Beets Untitled - Laura Stevenson, Laura Stevenson and the Cans, The Cans

Beets bleed and tables have legs

I boiled up a feast

And the table it ran away a bloody mess

I need to stop singing in code

To start ringing true only

Because true rings only

Keep away from me

I am full of terrible things

Elbows, elbows and knee pads

Can you believe that that I still need them?

Scissors in window boxes

I buried three pairs

Can you see how hard it is?

Keep away from me

I am full of terrible things

My lazy shape is armed in dirty clothes

My arms are worn and scarred with beauty marks

So they can tell my lazy shape apart

From other shapes with hearts and human parts

Beware

Where I am is where

The channels run bare

The canals run bare

And there’s much to be scared from

That didn’t wash up til everything dried up

Keep away from me

I am full of terrible things

But if you love the terrible

Then please be near to me