Parenthetical Girls - Survived by Her Mother lyrics

After class, you would drag me
With protest to the empty
Cherry tree, to tend the ground there
Once a week, respectfully

You would speak to me of
The carrot headed sister
Just beneath my feet, as solemnly you would
Stroke the ground to tuck her into her
Silten sheets, some six feet deep

With the months that passed before you
Could afford to mark the ground
Beneath the cherry tree
I learned to wait in your sheepskin seats
And dig my teeth deep
Into my knees, to dam the creeks above these
Ruddy cheeks that betray me
Now you’ve signed your name across
The space beside her
And tend the ground where you will lay
Apart from everything but your
Carrot headed daughter
Beneath that cherry tree eternally