Wily Creilly

Wily Creilly was inside me
 Painting pictures – telling stories
 All about the world outside
 All about the things he might have been
 …If he had bones and skin
 Wily Creilly cried inside me:
 “please don't hide me, just unbind me
 Let me have just one small day to operate your body
 Let me play and I will be okay”
 (the stars are out tonight/the birds in sacred flight
 And here am I leashed and restrained
 Not even walked! I'm in pain, I'm in pain)
 Wily Creilly cried inside me:
 “please don't hide me, just untie me
 Let me have just one small day to occupy your body
 Don't delay – I promise I'll behave”
 Wily Creilly you surprise me
 Did you think I was so easy?
 What's to stop you running away?
 No, I think it's better you should stay in the box I made
 “I despise you, I will destroy you
 And I will always be inside you
 You can never get away
 I will make you rue this very day
 I'll make you pay”