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Alide's bag was full of tools
full of fire and full of fuel
she left on a sunny day
full of needles in the hay
she paused at the fence
and slipped into the crack she leaned against
and sewed up the hole
with thread spun from her mother's hair of gold
she left behind her shoes
buckled boots of blue
and a bundle of seeds
to spring up after the freeze
and wrap around the knees of the lookers.

So leave what was left
for it was left with intent
unless you are hell bent on knowing what took her.

Oh, Alide! If I could, I would be a ship
that would bear you across the world.
You would lay down in my cabin with all my flags unfurled.

But I feel like a heavy arrow on a sapling bow
that saps your strength to bend
I feel like a tattered robe that's your only clothes
that takes all your time to mend.

And Alide said her goodbyes
early in July
With white clouds whittling away
at the blue heart of the sky
wove the lyre and the drum
with the setting of the sun
into a brilliant disguise.
Oh, summer's slow burn.

Divining rod points toward the broad
of the water below the hill.
the rain ran off to the riverbed
and Alide is running still.
To where the birds offer worship
in their airy churches and the ghosts all
eat their fill.

Oh, Summer's slow burn.

Willow The Wisp, escaping my lips
like light on the window sill.
touch and go like a kiss on the nose
from autumn's early chill.
Wait wait wait for the opening of the gate
or for your full cup
to spill.

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from The Meadow, released October 22, 2013

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