At Home Inside Me

Crows capturing buildings
And rats camped in a drain
Fireflies caught and cannoned in the rain
Seams of secret people
Awaiting the shafts that set them free
They make themselves a home inside of me
Armies of children
And ghosts of Suffragettes
Make merry in the cauldron of my chest
Bodies dumped in ditches
And stowaways at sea
They make themselves a home inside of me
They make themselves a home inside of me
A fistfight at a wedding
A killing on the stairs
The brilliant spark
At the start of love affairs
Your tenderness’s blessing
And your assassin’s accuracy
They make themselves a home inside of me
They make themselves a home inside of me