4. Sadie
Sadie, white coat
you carry me home
and bury this bone
and take this pinecone
bury this bone
to gnaw on it later gnaw on the telephone
until then we pray & suspend
the notion that these lives do never end
and all day long we talk about mercy
lead me to water lord, I sure am thirsty
down in the ditch where I nearly served you
up in the clouds where he almost heard you
and all that we built
and all that we breathed
and all that we spilt or pulled up like weeds
is piled up in back
it burns irrevocably
and we spoke up in turns
'til the silence crept over me
and bless you
and I deeply do
no longer resolute
oh when I call to you
but the water got so cold
and you do lose
what you don't hold
this is an old song
these are old blues
this is not my tune
but it's mine to use
and the seabirds
where the fear once grew
will flock with a fury
and they will bury what'd come for you
down where I darn with the milk-eyed mender
you and I and a love so tender
stretched on the hoop where I stitch this adage
bless our house and its heart so savage
and all that I want and all that I need
and all that I've got is scattered like seed
and all that I knew is moving away from me
and all that I know is blowing
like tumbleweed
and the mealy worms
in the brine will burn
in a salty pyre
among the fauns and ferns
and the love we hold
and the love we spurn
will never grow cold
only taciturn
and I'll tell you tomorrow
oh Sadie go on home now
and bless those who've sickened below
and bless us who've chosen so
and all that I've got
and all that I need
I tie in a knot
that I lay at your feet
and I have not forgot
but a silence crept over me
so dig up your bone
exhume your pinecone, my sadie
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※ 編輯: Vanie 來自: 218.175.82.207 (11/16 13:58)