Nimmy & The Copperhead

from Soft Blood by Lyn Rye

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See your white chicken
Running round the yard
I know you Nimmy
You prefer the red
Mama says there’s snakes now
Devil in the henhouse
Everybody these days
Just trying to get by

Oh how we scrape
Oh how we crawl
Oh how we pass
Our fights along, ooo

See by your feet, child
On the kitchen tile
Child of a snake
Seeking child of a hen
All of you just babes now
Both of you could strike now
Nimmy find your blade
Spill red upon the white

Oh how we strike
Oh how we bleed
Oh how we pass
Our fights along, ooo

Egg for the
Snake for the
Blade for the
Girl for the
Man for the
Fire for the
Rest of us x2

Blood in the air
Mama comes running
Out in the yard
The mother snake appears
Papa with the pitchfork
Never could outrun him
Into the open fire
Oh how she cries

Oh how we cry
Oh how we burn
Oh how we pass
Our fights along, ooo

Egg for the
Snake for the
Blade for the
Girl for the
Man for the
Fire for the
Rest of us x2

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from Soft Blood, released September 9, 2022

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