Sati

from Cat Queen, Embarking by James Jefferys

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Sati

Rush in Demons, rush in Gods
Rush in to claim this act as fine.
High cattle lowing, lower cattle prods
It's Sati for the faint of mind.

Battles are fought, and fought and fought
And thought to rinse the shrine
Of stones and lonely abodes of sorts
It's Sati for the faint of mind.

These flames are for you, my darling one
From my widow's window, down I spun.

It's Sati for the faint of mind
With a toe on the pyre's edge
It's Sati for the faint of my mind
Better do what the elder says...

Rush in Mother, rush in Father
To defenestrate your kind.
The mountain's rock, the land is lava
It's Sati for the faint of mind.

It's hard for me...
It's difficult growing up in a town
Where all that everyone wants is despair.
But on the sill I shall sit, and
Wait until it is lit
Then leap when I see you burning in there.

These flames are for you, my darling one
From my widow's window, down I spun.

It's Sati for the faint of mind
With a toe on the pyre's edge
It's Sati for the faint of my mind
Better do what the elder says...

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from Cat Queen, Embarking, released November 21, 2012

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