he lives inside my mouth 

and tells me what to say 

when he turns the trains 

on he makes it go away 

the hands are cracked and dirty and 

the nails are beetle wings 

when he turns the trains on he 

unties all of the strings 

The worm: "tell me something beautiful, 

tell me something free, 

tell me something beautiful 

and i wish that i could be." 

(then i got my wings and i never even knew it, 

when i was a worm, thought i couldn't get through ) 

Jack: (not spoken) come, come 

the toys all smell like children 

and scab-knees will obey 

i'll just have to kneel on broomsticks

just to make it go away 

[the inauguration of the worm] 

(When i got my wings and i never even knew it, 

when i was a worm, thought i couldn't get through it) 

voice we have not yet heard: "because today 

is black/because there is no turning back. 

because your lies have watered me/ 

i have become the strongest weed" weed... 

through jack's eyes: 

the taste of metal 

disintegrator 

three holes upon the leather belt 

it's cut and swollen 

and the age is swollen 

boy: " there's no one here to save ourself." 

the disintegrator: (to himself) 

this is what you should fear 

you are what you should fear