Burn me on a pyre
If I haven’t done it myself
set my bones afire
Dress the fat to fool the gods
Make me a pleasing smoke to their noses
Tip them in my favor, the odds
A long lot they cast me
And I stole a bit more
I never deserved a wife
I never made the sacrifice of every day
Love and hate and drudgery
These days were mine
They burned with fire, a few
A few hundred for each were waste
Feeding a beggar’s belly
Feeding a philosopher’s head
And so a sad lot, too
Goodbye to my wife
The one who never got me
Goodbye to my wife
The one I never knew
Burn me on a pyre
Make me Able’s fire
I’ve spent the day as Cain and Tubal too
A raucous time it has been