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Bodvild's Lament
my love
my love
my devious love
my father maimed him
my brothers chained him
my mother laughed
and hung the key at her belly
my love
my love
my treacherous love
in secret
my brothers stole into his forge
make us goblets of gold and ivory!
they sang
throwing ash in his face
jewels to be envied!
brooches to rival the moon!
my love
my love
my scheming love
he took their heads
and from their skulls
he forged goblets of gold and ivory
from their eyes
jewels of blue and green
from their teeth
brooches to rival the moon
my love
my love
my traitorous love
the goblets to my father
the jewels to my mother
the brooches to me
and for himself their bones
their blood
their fat
their skin
my love
my love
my devious love
he broke his chains
on wings of bone and flesh he took flight
seizing his freedom
forsaking my love
and the son who will be as clever as he
© Rebecca Buchanan
Eternal Haunted Summer - Pagan Songs and
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