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
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and text © David F. Brandon, 2020.