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Sisters

from Allegoria by Melanie A. Davis

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My sisters and mothers from the times before
the stars shadowed my eyes call back to me
through highways of nerves that plug into
the back of my mind. I find it’s getting worse with the
times, don’t you? Just blind enough to blame it on a
shadow in the dark or two? They’ll string us up
to pillars, muscle statuettes. Medusas and
Madonnas, cat-eyed darkness feared by men.
The first sin,
us and them,
the debt of Eden’s crime only just began.
Covered up her mouth
with a filthy, shaking hand.
So they douse our feet in pious flames
that writhe and burn and wrap around the name
of these Magdalenic monsters to be tamed.
They burned them up and still, they wanted more.
No godly love raised marks upon the door
of any actor who forgot what her part was for.
And I know it’s probably met with greater ease
if I could simply ignore our tattered tapestry,
spraypainted over, her golden edges torn.
No more would the giver of life cede to those who
take. Imploring their importance to an audience
of ears that ache. I’ve found the story sweeter said
by those who get to taste the blood-soaked glory.
Rich, predatory, stealing space. Till our time I fight,
taking back my whole life - not one night.
Back without a smile, just for my own spite
So they douse our feet in pious flames
that writhe and burn and wrap around the name
of these Magdalenic monsters to be tamed.
A million dead and still, they come for more.
They don’t crave our flesh, no, they just crave the war
on any actor who forgot what her part was for.

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from Allegoria, released January 24, 2020
vox/guitar/percussion: Melanie A. Davis
bgv: Kayla Little, Stephanie Ray
Recorded @ Welcome to 1979 (Nashville, TN)

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Melanie A. Davis Murray, Kentucky

Singer-songwriter from western Kentucky. I sing about me, you, us, and the wild weird world we're currently living in.

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