the ogres

at first it was when he slapped her across the face
and then she stabbed him right through his hand
I drove him to the same hospital he’d put me in years before
with no explanation for my fractured cheekbone
and I remember the coppers asked ‘who did this to you?
is this the work of your father?
just tell the truth…’

and I’m so happy to be fatherless
I’m so happy to be motherless
I’m so happy my kid will never see what they did to me

my mother’d kick my sister when she was down
cos she’d put on weight
she wouldn’t make the Olympics that way
she fucked the whole neighbourhood
and then she sold the house
that wasn’t hers to sell
she kept all the dosh as well

and I’m so happy to be fatherless
I’m so happy to be motherless
I’m so happy my kid will never see what they did to me

we were too middle class for social services to ever get involved
so I left and just stayed gone
so who’s my son to you all, after you beat any sense of family out of me?

and I’m so happy to be an only child
cos my sister, she’s lost her mind
she has forgiven the ogres
she thinks doing yoga will turn her mom into a human being
Stockholm syndrome if I have ever seen…

and I’m so happy to be fatherless
I’m so happy to be motherless
I’m so happy my kid will never see what they did to me

I’m so happy to be fatherless
I’m so happy to be motherless
I’m so happy my kid will never see what they did to me

I won’t forgive the ogres
I won’t forgive the ogres
I won’t forgive the ogres
I won’t forgive the ogres
and I’m so happy to be motherless