“It’s been thirteen seconds Since you all last said I’ve become the apparition You predicted for my death You said that flirting brings you Closer to the end You can bait into the water But you’ll never get the hint And like a stain of bricks goes Dancing by your head Plucked from an icebox Grafted on my skin My coat has hid the marks Mink hits the shovel fix Near the sway of pendulums Boar abrasions and a kiss” She said, “I’ll never let them hurt you I’ll never let them in What you took from me is mine What is mine I’ll never give”