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John the Baptist and Salome

from Salome LIVE by Dendera Bloodbath

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Daughter of Sodom, come not near me, cover thy head with a veil
Smear ashes upon thy face, get thee to the desert, and seek out the Son of Man

Is he as beautiful as thou art Iokannan?
I am amorous of thy body, a field of white lilies never mown
White as the mountains of Judea, capped with snow
Not the roses of the Queen, nor the moon against the sea
There is nothing so white, suffer me to touch thy body

Speak not to me, Jezebel, Delilah, I answer only to the Lord God

Thy body is hideous as a sarcophagus
It is of thy hair I am enamored, like black clusters of juicy grapes
Robbers and lions sheltered in cedar's shade, a long black night when the moon hides her face
Just before dawn when the stars are afraid, silence of the forest nowhere as black
When sleep overtakes and the mouth lies slack
Suffer me to touch thy hair

Back Daughter of Sodom, touch me not! Profane not the temple of the Lord God.

Horrible, like a crown of thorns upon thy head
It is not thy hair it is thy mouth I crave
Pomegranate juice stains the ivory blade, heralding of trumpets making enemies afraid
Redder than the arcs of blood a lion being slain, vermilion or coral, a gash of red paint
Two slabs of meat upon a silver plate
Suffer me to kiss thy mouth

Never! Daughter of Babylon! Daughter of Sodom!

I will kiss thy mouth, Iokannan, I will kiss thy mouth

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from Salome LIVE, released August 14, 2014

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