Black Rail
Do you hear the devil's laughter?
low within the marsh waters
rustling high the tree tops
Answer not with prayer
but within a smirk of doubt
Don't tilt the boat least you fall in
and a fat gator eats you alive for lunch
Or an angry snapping turtle bites a hunk of flesh off your hide
shoot them copperheads with a bb gun
Silence in this soaked land
a drizzle of rain coats the lush vegetation
It shimmers and shines when the sun breaks loose
Cattails are full
break em and milk comes out
Bloodsucking mosquitoes
tiny vampires that the fat bullfrogs to full to feast on
Dragon flies hover over
and tadpoles dance in a swarm
Black Rail hiding in the reeds
boat gets closer hear him growl
Tiny bird no one ever sees
Ki-Ki-Krrr Ki-Ki-Krrr
Where could you be
I hear but do not see
Time for home and mom's slowed cooked beans
corn bread squares with a tab of sweet butter
Deep in the nightfall
with the bedroom window cracked
do you hear the faint sound of the devil's laughter
hiding lost souls in murky water graves
Black Rail waits for dark
flies away in the midnight sky
fly fly fly
tiny bird with the dark you are safe
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