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Crooked Mississippi

from Dear Dionysus, Sweet Aphrodite by The Here and Now

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As I begged the sun to rise through Queen Anne’s Lace and county lines, I walked that night justified. In my found complacency, in candlelit window seats, a moth drawn by Hades’ deceit. It has never been clear to me so I implore Persephone, all this for a pomegranate seed? In spring you bring a song to sing and set one and all up for the fall. Is this what we really need? Oh dear Saint Anthony sing a wrinkled prayer for me. Am I the king or the fool? I’ve made a chorus hall from strip malls to rest stop stalls, a stasis from faces so cruel. There’s nothing that’s quite as clear as agriculture grids, my dear, all awash and glittering in gold. At least there’s some color here, the hue of Harvest and veneer. I watch from way up above. And I’m far from home beneath all these street signs I know. This path meandering is as crooked as the Mississippi. I cannot slow this high tide in my soul. Like you could not stay those horses black as coal. And we know we’re lost. Because I’m far from home beneath all these street signs I know. This path meandering is as crooked as the Mississippi.

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from Dear Dionysus, Sweet Aphrodite, released September 10, 2013

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