the steel that sleeps the eyennneeds nor tax nor tollnnthat kings with men might liennswollen and halo'dnnnnher sweetest skin burnsnnnnnow i've buried all the gold beneath my hidennnow i'll swallow breath with bloodnnnnof pole and anchornnof stone and mitrennof god and beast andnnwine and piss andnnbread and fish and mannnnnthe virgin ground stainsnnnow we've wandered through the polestar's dusty floennand my crown is breath and blood