The Holly and the Ivy [Are Both Parasites], April 2006

Once upon a time, for so such stories begin
In an Eastern city there lived two friends
One grew jealous at the addition of a third
She was initially hurt

Original feelings of displacement soon gave way
Revulsion turned to friendship and go turned into stay
Funny how it happened, unlikely friends forget
But the Catalyst hasn’t yet

The holly and the ivy, when they are both full-grown
They say the holly bears the crown

Once upon a summer, the Catalyst left to find her soul
The two she left behind seemed sad enough to see her go
But when she finally returned, at long last
It seemed the friendship was past

Oh, the winter came, Catalyst betrayed
By both beloved friends, all in one day
And they wonder why she’s changed

The holly and the ivy, when they are both full-grown
They say the holly bears the crown
The holly and the ivy, when they are both full-grown
Are both parasites

Once upon a time, for so such stories start
In a Western town there lives a girl with a broken heart
Sadly remembering the faces of two friends
She herself brought together, who cut her out in the end