"Waterproof Serpent"
( l y r i c s )
"to attend to you, first," she said,
nodding her head at the serpent...

a big book laid open in her lap.
strangely and chillingly enough,
the words on the page seemed to actually mean something.

and she knew nothing
of the long-awaited arrival of physical desire...
...once, if she had had nineteen lovers
she would have loved them all without hesitation.

and then she made preparations...
...(while she followed their example)...
by heroically declaring,
"this is their home,
they work,
eat,
sleep,
and live here,
in peace..."

and she felt a strong desire
to smash the musical confidante
into a subtle response...

and ungrateful to the memory,
she asked herself
"how could i have done it!
oh, how could I have done it!"

thoughts went back to the old times...
when she worked with her hands,
and they seemed to learn all by themselves.

a noble nature exerts its purifying influence
...but one human being in the world...
this companion,
a man of slender build
and of medium height,
loved her best
...was forced to see the thin hands
stretched out to him beseechingly,
loved her best
...was forced to see the thin hands
stretched out to him beseechingly

he looked her straight in the face...
and with such honesty...
hands in his pockets,
he walked off,
and turned around,
saying with a wink,
"hair, bone, the soft moist flesh...
chalk this one up to experience,
and move on."

the womanly pain and patience in her face
she had had many lively skirmishes
in the course of her life,
but exclamations over certain old friends...
she could not countenance.

a little voice...
the audience grasped this important fact
...when a long waterproof serpent slithered across her lap...

...fortunately it was a Sunday...
...thoughts of last night's performance came to her:

"I, lifting my hand to my head...
...a home with a good wife in it...
where he lay so battered...
and so dented
that he could not move...
dreadfully close...
I'd like to see anybody watching and guarding me!"

next, she touched
the long waterproof serpent slithering across her lap...

well,
of course,
everything depends on "if".
but i think that the wind on the canal,
and the book in her lap,
and the ashy cigarette...
held to her lips
between index and middle finger
all of these things
read by the hour together...

...hurrying to him,
full of fears,
she dared to tell him...
of her fears...
in her best style unheeded.

vast idea floating before her,
now beautiful,
now terrible,
always undefined
warned by the excited tone of voice,
with an artless air of appreciation
that was very flattering.

at 4 o'clock...
he must get up early.
"good morning, my love, I must leave now"
and in her sleeping face
he caught a glimpse
of the kind friend he had lost.

in ways so delicate
that the most sensitive powers
to serve and develop them...
glancing at her own smoky image in the mirror
abysmal
empty
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you had none left for yourself...
whereas,
I am sure you have sense enough...
...to not be surprised,
if I was to propose,
that we cast doubt aside
and draw nearer the truth.

this being the case,
I fear that you neglect
that which is shameful
not to be very willing...
which speaks nothing so much...
as the advice of a friend,
who sincerely desires...
and especially wishes your happiness.

she was much ashamed,
and quite broken in spirit,
when she found out how...
there was something so irresistible...
she should certainly have boiled over with anger!

and she wore a grave,
troubled expression...
as if sorrow
and the tears that had flowed
since she closed her serene eyes...
...it wasn't all a mistake.

"don't let a fancy for me change or delay you"
he looked upon the forlorn figure before him.

her voice drops into a cool and careless tone,
"you are my brother
and you are my uncle
and you are the father who left me
and you are my son yet to be born, eagerly...
out of him,
for I did ask questions.
he stood by me like a hero..."

and...
in the room,
crying frantically,
"save me! save me!"
and away she went...