Gifthorse Museum

Stephanie Rearick

I'd like to be a part of your gifthorse museum

and let you pull a tooth out every day

And when you take that part of me

It feels like you just want to see

if you can make me give it all away

I keep open my door

you keep yelling for more

so much more than you ever could give, anyway

I will give it to you

Till my body is blue

In all the world there's not air for this giving

I'd like to be a part of your gifthorse museum

and let you pull a tooth out every day

And when you take that part of me

It feels like you just want to see

if you can make me give it all away

I was lying cold on the floor

You'd depleted my store

of everything that I had to offer

and much more

You were shocked and surprised

when I opened my eyes

and all you saw was a crack in the ceiling

I'd like to be a part of your gifthorse museum

and let you pull a tooth out every day

And when you take that part of me

It feels like you just want to see

if you can make me give it all away

I heard you calling my name

You said you're calling the game

But the outcome is not what you

think it should be

I concede that you win

You have thickened my skin

Thanks to you this won't happen again

I'd like to be a part of your gifthorse museum

and let you pull a tooth out every day

And when you take that part of me

It feels like you just want to see

if you can make me give it all away