
built up and eaten and worn down
yet alive (you can be a threshing sledge,
new and sharp with many teeth)

i know i really shouldn’t stay
but i wanna know the way you feel
i wanna know the way you taste
i am affected by you

“Ladgerda, a skilled Amazon, who, though a maiden, had the courage of a man, and fought in front among the bravest with her hair loose over her shoulders. All-marveled at her matchless deeds, for her locks flying down her back betrayed that she was a woman.”