Permanent Smile

Oh God, can you feel the sun in your back

Oh God, can you see your shadow, inky black

on the sand

Oh God, can you hear the saltwater

drying on your skin

Oh God, can you feel my heart beating

in my tongue

Oh God, by being quiet, I hope to alleviate my debt

Oh God, by sitting still, I hope to lighten your load

And when your shadow covers me from head to toe

And curtonevrae flies tell me it's my time to go

Seven waves of insects make babies in my skin

Seven waves of insects make families in my skin

It's just like animals at play

And the flesh rotted off my skull

And then I will have earned my permanent smile

Oh God, I never, never ask why

Oh God, I never, never ask why