Friday, March 20, 2020

Stabbing a Tree (Killing a Shadow)

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The city lights call me on
I better be quick or you’ll be gone
I’m the man that looks around
Here’s my shadow on the ground

No hopes of hope                                         
I dress you up in rope
I tie you to this tree

Its roots suck into the land                                                               
It is the Joker’s final hand
The hand that you’ve been dealt

The city lights call me on                                         
I better be quick or you’ll be gone
I’m the man that looks around
Here’s your shadow on the ground

It is the Joker’s final hand
The hand that you’ve been dealt
This is as good as I have ever felt

The deal is fast but
My eye gets there first

My fingers

My fist

My knife

It is the Joker’s final hand
The hand that you’ve been dealt
This is as good as I have ever felt

The fingers

The fist

The knife

Your life

The city lights call me on                                         
I better be quick or you’ll be gone
I’m the man that looks around
Here’s your shadow on the ground





Image and text ©  David  F. Brandon, 2020.