"The Wicked galmpton" opens with a description of the setting, which is described as a "quiet white goddess wandering around" . It is then that the poem begins. The poet muses on the nature of muses and muses' powers, and wonders about the children's suspicious behavior. He wonders if there is a muse in the house, but he is unable to find one. The children are suspicious, he says, and he feels that there is no luck in the matter. He feels that he should go viral with the press conference, as it was far from Cassandra's only "conspiracy" , but the poet feels that it would be better to go with the rest of the story. He thinks that they are looking for someone who is willing to "kill and then cover" and who is addicted to "sicking it up" that's a conspiracy. He also thinks that the children should cover their ears, as he has seen how "subtext works." He wonders what has happened to the children. He says that he is not leaving them, but that he will not leave them drag her. He looks at the poet and says, "Aute christ, laura." He is sorry that they were not talking about him being pregnant or about him still being "trapped any more," but he says he will try to turn off the rain now that the fire is out. He asks why he started the fire, and she says she is "fucking pregnant bad" and that they will sink and drown in the river. The river carries them, she says, but "that sort of never-say-die optimism doesnt seem to make any sense any more