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The Binding Rope

from The Square Root of 2 by Ari Rosenfield

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diamonds in your mouth and pearls in your hair
the binding rope dwells not upon the false, nor the fair
this was to be our story, it's got no end
and where the road may take us:
i beg, the arms of my steadfast friend

for all your children and all your cells,
for all my hope and all my will
when we meet again, i'll be more broken still
and it's then i'll need you most to nurse me back to health

the bow's in my hand, the flail's in my fist
these travelers care not that they'll be sorely missed
but golden fruit from that little tree still hangs
and for it to last forever
so delicious it'd be worth the pain

so i wish it now like i wished it then
for that is half the battle, to be unbound again
wait long enough, perhaps you'll take me off the shelf
it's then i'll need you most to nurse me back to health

it's hot and it's forenoon, the curtains drawn
my twin stands shirtless in the fluorescent dawn
so pay heed my sisters, for it won't be long
and to look into those eyes
all your reason might be scattered and gone

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from The Square Root of 2, released January 1, 2013

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