ruby

i won't lie to you
i have nothing to hide
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lullaby:
quietly he laughs and shaking his head
creeps closer now
closer to the foot of the bed
and softer than shadow and quicker than flies
his arms are all around me
and his tongue in my eyes
"be still be calm be quiet now my precious boy
don't struggle like that
or i will only love you more
for it's much too late to get away
or turn on the light
the spiderman is having you for dinner tonight"

and i feel like i'm being eaten
by a thousand million shivering furry holes
and i know that in the morning
i will wake up in the shivering cold

and the spiderman is always hungry...