The Leper

Louder and louder
Shook the black gates of Hell
I woke with a start
Like a drunk in a cell

The chewing of wheels
On the hot sandy ground
Came to a stop
As my body was found

One must suffer
From absolute blindness
To freely pour the milk
Of human kindness

A malformed albino
Laid me in a seat
His face swelled with tumors
His skin like rank meat

He drove in silence
As I lay in the back
Socorro was waiting
Down a long, dusty track

One must suffer
From absolute blindness
To freely pour the milk
Of human kindness

He fed me and clothed me
And I slept for a day
I woke before dawn
Without much to say

My head started reeling
And I felt cold and sick
So I found where he was sleeping
And I beat him with a brick

One must suffer
From absolute blindness
To freely pour the milk
Of human kindness

I was hard up for cash
So I looted his shack
Stuffing my pockets
As he wept on his back

My visions had shown me
Who I was to see:
A healer named Maycomb
Out in Trinity