Rue Misericorde is french for Mercy Street
Fish scale sequin Burn unit skin Glittering in the blister DNA altered by radiations kiss Chromosomes twisted like transistors Sunlight falls around the sister She hums her prayer in the morning dew In gardens beyond the walls Where patients cannot crawl To puff on cigarettes She walks the realm of the undead The absent minded The ones out of body Floating between the wards Geriatrics and psychiatry Pop the pills and pray for peace Luminal states glowing in the crease She thinks that is where God might be She waits with the diva in sequins Burnt to the shins Removed of all sins The priest left hours past She looks into the poor girls eyes Waits for any sign Lightning in the sky Iris at night Sleep too bright But shepherds are rarely seen In this quiet realm Where the only sound Is the beat of the machines As they pump out the last signal Total eclipse of the heart Gone too soon Never to part Words recorded on rings In ceremony In spring The world turns on a string Cosmic and stretched thin Will they remember The summer of loves surrender When the girl who came from the street Died in the heat Journalist captures the kiss Riot in the street Rue Misericorde Mercy Street Emergency needs Nun closes the eye Coins for the ferryman Cross over the river Cross to the sea She gives the body to time She leaves the bedside The sequins fall to the floor The diva has been here before Forty hours in the sun Eyes burned from the light She saw it flicker Saw it fade Not ready to end the phase The shift The drift The moment at the door Three times knocking She tries to see Who answers the door Who waits Who wakes Who stays Who suffers the silence of remaining She waits her turn Spinning the wheels of fate Dancing along the periphery Of destiny Is she the guide Or the obstruction Clear the channel Empty the cell This is the moment no one will tell But she remains To gather up the dust When the moment is rust
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