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Toss a Coin

I wrote this orphan poem to see if the infamous Australian musician Paul Kelley can torn it into a song.  Many have tried and failed..

               Toss a Coin
            (c) London F. Buss

  I left my smile on a train going 
  all the way to hell,
 The fires gone out,
  I'm covered in snow
  And I'm getting cold.
  I'm lost in lake city 
  growing old,
 
  Along Hwy 299 beetles-kill, the cedar trees
  That grow along the canyon walls.
  Does she love me?
  I just don't know,
  My fate's a coin toss.
  So I..Toss a coin 
  And disregard co-incedence.
  Like Sisyphus in the snow.

  I left my smile on a train going 
  all the way to hel
  I'm covered in snow and it's getting cold 
  And I'm lost in Lake City growing old,
  The Ice wall's stab at the snow 
  And blood is forming
  On the badgers nose.
  And my hearts still
  broken and confused and
  I still don't know, 
  if she loves me,
  So I toss a coin?
  And disregard co-incidence..

  As the sunset's blood glows 
  on the badgers nose..
  So I'm back on the train to Hell
   Looking for my smile
   That she once loved so well.
    Now she is lost in Lake City 
    And Covered in snow,
    Getting cold and growing old.
    So Toss a Coin 
    And disregard co-incidence.
    And she is lost in Lake City 
    Getting cold and growing old.
    So Toss a Coin 
    And disregard co-incidence.

     Now I'm still on that train looking for 
     my  smile I lost, long ago, 
     going all the way to hell...

Copyright © London F. Buss | Year Posted 2023

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