Counterclockwise

I didn't get but a little bit
But still dreamt
After I wake up, I wake up again
It's not easy to bend time how I do it
I had the knack I suppose

Knee full of fluid
She had me running back
X's and O's she know what she doin'
Daylight crack under curtains
We lay spooning bodies wrapped up

Cups swollen belly
A serpent moving counterclockwise, counterclockwise
One city sleep durag tied
The other bare it's teeth as it opens it's eyes
Never the twain shall meet
I know she was a pro how she slid out the bedsheets

Grasping, gasping fish I slide 'em in the fresh grease
Spattering, sputtering epithets
I dance out and niggas reach like sweet pea gigglin
Like it's sweet in the streets
Maybe it is, I just speak for me

Scolding water the wash basin fogged the mirrors
Start my day but the other place still feel realer
Turn of phrase, just a bit, I got power steerin'
The woods gave way to a clearin'
Where I knew they were waitin' for my appearance
Ancient, faceless but I knew who they are