He lives inside my mouth

and tells me what to say

when he turns the trains

on he makes it go away

the hands are cracked and dirty and

the nails are beetle wings

when he turns the trains on he

unties all of the strings



(the worm):"tell me something beautiful

tell me something free

tell me something beautiful

and I wish that I could be"

(then I got my wings and I never even knew it

when I was a worm thought I couldn't get through it)



(Jack)(not spoken):come, come

toys all smell like children

and the scab-knees will obey

I have to kneel on broomsticks

just to make it go away

[the inauguration of the worm]

(then I got my wings and I never even knew it,

when I was a worm thought I couldn't get through it)



(A voice we have not heard yet):"because

today is black

because

there is no turning back

because

your lies have watered me

I have

become the strongest weed...

weed..."



(through Jack's eyes):the taste of metal

disintegrator

three holes upon the leather belt

it's cut and swollen

the age is showing



(Boy):"there's no one here to save yourself"



(The disintegrator) (to himself):"this is what you should fear

you are what you should fear"