1/aaallll swishy

A cryptid in every rite,

Dance

dance

Dressed in bells, and

aaallll swishy as you walk

With the Ropes, and the braids, and the haaaanging things,

and charms, and stones

Clang clang Clang together…

humming songs and

drawing

loud wavy steps - and

precise cracking laughs

Aaaallll Coy

With a face like the softest clay,

powdered and

flexible

With a tongue - split in two

As to speak multitudes from one mouth (speaking in tongues, speaking in tongues, speaking in tongues)

Dance -

Ringing sounds, and whistles blowing

Dance -

Turn your face(s) slowly toward me and mist my mask with breath

I will clasp my mouth and cover my ears

Your shrieking noise washing over me -

All

Wet and loud and sticky

Dance -