Leslie Anne Levine

My name is Leslie Ann Levine
My mother birthed me down a dry ravine
My mother birthed me far too soon
Born at nine and dead at noonFifteen years gone now
I still wander this parapet
And shake my rattle bone
Fifteen years gone now
I still cling to the petticoats
Of the girl who died with meOn the roof above the streets
The only love I've known's a chimney sweep
Lost and lodged inside a flue
Back in 1842Fifteen years gone now
I still wail from these catacombs
And curse my mother's name
Fifteen years gone now
Still a wastrel mesallied
Has brought this fate on meMy name is Leslie Ann Levine
I've got no one left to mourn for me
My body lies inside its grave
In a ditch not far awayFifteen years gone now
I still wander this parapet
And shake my rattle bone
Fifteen years gone now
I still cling to the petticoats
Of the girl who died with me