NAPATSORN TREESAP

Put the salt over my bruised wounds 
Let me be overqualified for the blessing of pain, I knew it would be the greatest doom
Put the grave down there— 
              Hangman and the roses bloom 
Put the rope down there—
            Hangman during the Scarlet Moon

Leave me in the deepest ocean where nobody knows
Cold and blue— the temptation of the deadly tomb 
Are you there, the craziest void and the wound?
I’m right here at the terrible table of your last meal
Show me—
                 Hangman and the roses bloom

Don’t say it was easy, you all knew
Don’t say it was crazy, that’s the deadly dew
Say it needy, say it raw, say it’s new
Say it once at the doom
                      Hangman and the roses bloom 

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