Jan 19, 2023

bonny doon • Crooked Creek • 2023

I HEARD THE PREACHER SPEAK AT CROOKED CREEK I HEARD THE COYOTE HOWL FROM DEEP IN MY BOWELS I HEARD THE TREES SLOW DANCE IN THE NEON WILD AIN’T IT CRAZY HOW I STILL FEEL LIKE A CHILD I HEARD THE SOUND OF A NEW WORLD BEING BORN THRASHIN’ AND A’ CRASHIN’ INTO FORM I HEARD LOVE IN THE DISTANCE CALLING MY NAME ASSURING ME THAT EVERYTHING IS THE SAME I TOOK A RIDE ON A RAINDROP AND WHAT DO YA KNOW I CAME ACROSS SADNESS SITTING ALONE I SAID WHAT’S THE MATTER SADNESS, WHY ARE YOU SO SAD? SADNESS REPLIED, THAT’S JUST HOW I AM AND THERE WAS LAUGHTER AFTER THE CAROUSEL COMPLETING THE CIRCLE, FAR AS I COULD TELL AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU’RE GOING WITHOUT DOING THE MATH IF YOU’RE STEPPING IN SHIT, YOU’RE PROBABLY ON THE PATH YEAH I KNOW GOD SHE’S A FRIEND OF MINE COMES OVER FOR BEERS ALL OF THE TIME SAYS THE ONLY THING CERTAIN IS THEY’LL DRAW THE CURTAIN AND TIE A LITTLE BOW AROUND YOUR LOVIN’ AND HURTIN’ I HEARD THE SOUND OF A NEW WORLD BEING BORN THRASHIN’ AND A’ CRASHIN’ INTO FORM I HEARD LOVE IN THE DISTANCE CALLING MY NAME ASSURING ME THAT EVERYTHING IS THE SAME

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