The rivers of Babylon flow 
And fall 
And carry away 

Jesus is alone on earth 
Not merely with no one to feel and share His agony 
But with no one even to know of it 
Heaven and he are the only ones to know 
Jesus is in a garden 
Not of delight 
Like the first Adam 
Who there fell and took with him all mankind 
But of agony 
Where He has saved Himself and all mankind 

He suffers this anguish and abandonment in the horror of the night 

Jesus will be in agony until the end of the world 
There must be no resting in the meantime 

To Eden with me you will not leave 
To live in my cottage of crazy crooked Eves 
In your own heavy home 
Take care of this night 
When you let your little cat in 
Turn on the light 
Something scurries behind 
And finds a cozy place to stare 
Something sent to you from paradise 
Paradisicallysomewhere 
Tongues flouring 
They leap out laughing 
Lapping 
Disappear