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A Blade Like a Lover in my Hand

from Gallus​/​i​/​ae by Without History

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Linen wrapped tight
Pressed on skin already soft
Made new, reborn through subtle herbs
Their bitterness lost
In budding breasts and flesh relearned
Just one more thing
To leave that boy behind.

Their absence never marked
Their loss nothing to mourn
This barely counts as sacrifice
The goddess claims
A flesh so pitiful and poor

A manhood never wanted
Waste flesh for the catacombs
I'll wrap my balls in soft cloth
And leave them for the goddess to devour

[Smoke wafts up
A haze descends
Cold metal clamps down at my crotch]

Cold. Metal. Clamps. Hard.

[Visions rise before my eyes
Cybele beckons from her altar
Cold sharp stone heavy in my hand.]

Sharp. Stone. Bites. Clean.

Just one cut
Just one cut

A blade like a lover, holds me softly
A blade like a lover, quick and sharp
A blade like a lover, parts me like the sea

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from Gallus​/​i​/​ae, released February 23, 2024

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Without History Wales, UK

Without History is one trans girl, her bass guitars and her looper. Exploring trans history through neofolk and post punk inspired music these songs try to imagine the lives of our trans ancestors in all their messy queer detail.

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