Elm

from New Hope for the Dead by rivers.edge

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You did not want me to leave the town of the flowing well
Never pictured me at Big Ed’s with a jukebox and a hearty swill
But ma I’ve only used a crutch or two
Though my whole life’s been in shifts
It still halts
Well I say your words often and I sing your songs blue
Of all the crimes I’m guilty of none are worse than those against you
You taught me to keep a revolving door
And strangers on my floor
But no one ever knows what to do (like you)
I’ve got these kids who seem to love me by default
And I tell them you’re not gone, just beyond some vacant threshold
You know I’ve seen them cry at funerals and the pangs of adolescence
And I know they long for you and I know they long for you like I do
Where are you?

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from New Hope for the Dead, released February 26, 2018

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