Oh Daughter/Disaster

Oh my daughter, legs in plaster

taught to keep her knees together

oh my daughter skin glued over

and taught to walk so the limbs waver

oh my daughter, the fragile features of your mother

they're buried under the plainer features of your father

oh my daughter, life rushed from you

and split in ways you weren't meant to

and oh my daughter, such crushing pressure

at half the age of your poor mother

oh my daughter, your ruddy cheeks are forever leather

and buried under the fragile features of your mother

oh my daughter