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]    (then 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