give my boy
his lil’ toy back oh
lord when the buzzards
come up cottonmouth
valley, when they
come to
pick his bones.
you said
shake’m so
I shook’m ‘til
his lil’ amber
eyes danc’d
like them lil’
cussin’
bells. that lil’
toy fell
like a buzzard
‘to the tub. i can only
hear those ripples now
oh lord. let ‘m rattle
his toy again.