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It was the same auburn hair |
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But her body lay bare |
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Where the night had left it cold |
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And shaking for home. |
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Her mother was strong and |
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Shook free of the law |
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Cried "come awake child |
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And for god's sake come home." |
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I whispered her name and |
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Finally she came to me baring |
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The holes she'd named |
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And pieces she'd saved. |
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I said "child you're a mess |
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Let's just try and forget that |
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Their names were all well known |
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And your story well told." |
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It was a frightening dream |
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One of colours and screams |
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From a girl whose Indian blood |
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Was fresh on the snow |
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Where the steam freely rose |
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From those 52 holes that they'd left |
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In her chest, in her head, in her hands. |