Looks that kill; no guns
Only gums. But they can kill
With decay, slowly.
With decay, slowly
The autumn rains melt the trees.
I sigh for sweet spring.
I sigh for sweet spring,
Daffodils and crocuses
Yellowing the grass.
Yellowing the grass,
that's their job, all those doggies
on the loose in Spring.
On the loose in spring
The greylag geese vee their way
Across the wet sky.
Across the wet sky
fly the birds making their way
to our Humboldt Bay.
To our Humboldt, bay
Horses have always been most
Attractive. Not roans.
Attractive? Not roans,
what were you thinking! Didn't
you look at photos?
You look at photos?
Roans? I had one... flea-bitt'n beast.
Graceful though, and fast.
Graceful though, and fast,
the greyhound ran to the edge
of the western lawn.
of the western lawn
grass never grows there
It's a wasteland
It is a wasteland
Nothing more. Prime real estate
Forgotten in death.
Forgotten in death
The old labrador's body
Lies under the oak.
Lies under the oak
Desire under the elms, do you
ever feel that fire?
Ever feel that fire?
No.But I have smelt the smoke.
Does that qualify?
Does that qualify?
I don't know - what do you think?
I'll trust you on this.
I'll trust you on this.
I wouldn't if I was you.
I'm a clean cut kid.
I'm clean out kid
How sad for you Spendius
but that's how it goes.
But that's how it goes.
I sometimes hear words like "sad".
They don't surface here.
They don't surface here
Nor here either, my old friend
I will die laughing.
