The Artist

from Bitter Fruit by Jodie Oakes

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lyrics

The Artist

You put roses on cheeks
And apples in thighs
You bent the bone
To make a sculpture
And set the mise-en- scene
With broken ashtrays,
A toppled Christmas tree,
Lights blinking with ironic cheer.
You pushed the sofa against the door,
Prayed to the refrigerator
Left the phone ringing off the hook.
You grabbed stranger’s hands
And coughed out a laugh
All guttural
To crawl across the floor.
You etched lines
Across your body
Red lines that led to nowhere
Like some lost map
From another time.
You dragged the dead weight
Of soaked bandages,
Teeth marks and planks,
That pulled down your feet
As you drifted from town to town.
You couldn’t stand the sight
Of blood circulation in another.
Your sculpture
Fell to pieces,
Burnt out in the yard.
Now you are left,
Picking up fragments
Of dust and bone,
To the melody
Of your own
Silence.