barest degree

i am gone

can't waste more time

i said

not quite joking

the fire has gone the big trees stand

the underground is smoking

remember nothing you've been told

means anything to me

and everything you hold is mine

in the barest degree

i walked up to the park

the lion rock was weeping

i walked on to the grave

the lizard king was sleeping

remember nothing you've been told. the day's draw long

too long to count

cushioned by the wasting

restless age

the rusted temple

a place of my own making

no matter what else you've been told

it's still all up to me

and everything you own

is mine

in the barest degree

in the barest degree