Peter P Pumpkineater

from José Arcadio is Dead by American Sinner

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Mother:
Peter, Peter pumpkin eater,
Had a wife but couldn't keep her,
He put her in a pumpkin shell
And…

Child:
Wait. wait!
How did she, a full grown women, fit in a pumpkin shell?

Mother:
I don’t rightly know.
Child:
I reckon he chopped her up.

Mother:
-sigh-

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Peter P. Pumpkineater (S. Sinner)
Lord this is Peter9
I know its been a while
But I fear something horrid
Has been done to my wife
Sure I suspected something
When them boys laughed at the saloon,
When I said I got to go now
My wife will be missing me soon
But never did I think
There was any real danger in sight,
If I had I'd stayed at home more
Making sure she was alright.
But I haven't seen her in days
I think that she went away
But I'm afraid she's been stolen away,
Lord please let me know that she's safe
I had this terrible dream, it all went red before black
And the garden i once loved is rotting in the sun,
And only you know why, I can't go near that pumpkin patch.
I know I must sound unhinged
but I had that feeling again
I feel like the garden its grown eyes
Like them roots and vines are alive
As if i were to get too close
they'd reach and grab hold of me
Pull me down to their world
With their sharpened fingernail thorns

Footnote
9 Take care what you teach your kids. Aside from a contortionist, most women I've dated would not fit in a pumpkin. Inappropriate kids' rhyme.

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from José Arcadio is Dead, released January 16, 2010

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American Sinner is a rock n' roll stiletto switchblade dance along the edge of a knife that opens up for stabbing. They are not your run-of-the-mill musical tricksters in harlequin unitards holding bouquets of flowers behind their backs. No!...they got it all -manliness like Bowie and femininity like Tina Turner. They got it all so when these boys are randy to rock, you better let 'em. ... more

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