Kevin Devine

Stitching Up The Suture

Kevin Devine


Can't quite figure out the way I want to talk to you now
Sing in circles while I wait for it to come to me
My tiger
My rabbit
Saraswati
Swathed in violet

Lalita
Parvati

Brown dracaena leaves committed to asphyxiation
Keeping plants alive is harder when you live alone
I'm a killer
I'm a mauler
Long-time listener
First-time caller

Lalita
Parvati
Lila
Shakti

Shakespeare's Sister and I'm thinking how it's never easy
Being better doesn't always mean you're being good
Kinda funny
Kinda phony
I'm a loner
till I'm lonely

A soulmate
An only
I'll listen
You show me

Pushing through the prеsent
Since the past became a weapon in your spine
Fumbling at the future
While we’re stitching up the suture in your mind