Remember Sweet Dotty, Covered in Dew

Remember sweet Dotty, Covered in dew

Remember the deeds she once made us do?

Look at her now, ripe on the vine

How she once starved us when she was alive

And think of her now as you taste what she grew

The pain that she caused us, though nobody knew

And feel her petitions in the leaves now exerting

Her hands never knew how to touch without hurting

And wherever you go, let caution confine you

Lest she and her seed should in solitude find you

For that which you tasted shall serve you too true

To remember sweet Dotty, now coming for you

-J Thadeus Richie