The Cough of an Unknown Mother

I hear my mother's only cough
It's a nerve
I've taken lozenges
Since I was nine years old

A woman in love is an empty room
Glue my feathers on the dawn
Sky is wool and she's the loom

I hang my mother on the wall
I'm in the shower for hours
Nothing's wrong

A woman in love is on the roof
Lepers' legs and lover's tooth
Leave it open and let it through

I'm in love with someone who
glued her feathers on the fawn
Sometimes, this woman, she's unknown