A Queer Child, an Aberration

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. . . he was a queer child, an aberration of sorts . . .

The rumoured and possibly mythologized birth of the Crooked Eyed Man.

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A Queer Child, An Aberration.

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away,
in a cabin in the woods on the edge of a lake,
a baby boy was born.

A queer child. An aberration.

He couldn’t cry but wouldn’t be quelled from screaming.
Born with teeth he would thrash in his cradle gnashing his tiny jaws
taking big ol’ bites outta the orange sky and turning it purple.

His mother didn’t dare give him suck.
No, his mother didn’t dare give him suck,
An’ the father left the cabin with his ax for the woods
a little bit earlier each morning,
Returning home later and later with each passing nite.
The child’s screams were heard upon departure and arrival alike.

Unfed, the aberration ate the air in his room
until everything turned fuchsia and so cold
you could see his
breath chomps.
Still hungry he fed on the bed, the hearth,
The chimney, the eaves, until the entire cabin,
Roof and all, was enveloped in a shadow like a bruise,
That had nothing to do with the clouds or the trees or the slant of the Sun.

Indeed, some song folk ‘round there
still claim
he was the chosen one.

Whatever that means.

‘And what happened to the child?’ one might ask?
‘How did it survive there in the cabin in the woods on the edge of a lake?
All alone with no ma or pa to fend for it?
Who kept the wolves from loping the cradle?
Which flick of a wrist staved off the wasps?’

Well, there are many tales with as many endings.
Every drunkard in that land will trade you their thoughts for a shot,
But perhaps the question shouldn’t be
how the child survived there in those pines on the edge of the lake,
But how
the woods and the water couldn’t survive the child.

Yes. For it’s true.

Ever since that time all the fish have died
and no beast will dare to sup of it.
No birdsong, no berries, no orange light lingers
within those purple woods anymore.

He was a Queer child. An aberration.
A real Queer child. An aberration.

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from LaZY SHaRKs, released December 24, 2020
LaZY SHaRKs
Rasp Thorne - Vocals and piano
Peter Bailey - Clarinet
Hugh Jones - Lapsteel Guitar

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Rasp Thorne Berlin, Germany

Rasp Thorne is a writer, musician and performer based in Berlin.

Current musical projects: DRUCKS, CHAGRIN, Silk Rut (Berlin)
Previous bands include: Rasp Thorne & the Briars, LaZY SHaRKS (London) Ryder Pales, and SPAR HORNET (NYC)

Along with solo songs he has also recorded poetry extensively.

'Etched in the Ether', a collection of lyrics, is available now through CHAGRIN PRESS ... more

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