a storyline:
...a bad chapter
here and there
a miraculous escape
a capture unexpected
a wound that festers
a love walks away
an accident maims
a soul starves
so such we be...
‘a-flyin’ an' ‘a-cryin’
an' all the while
the dead dance
circling
negotiating your value
gossiping chanting
should you be there
where you be?
or here...
come to be
where we be?
a bad chapter
here and there
a miraculous escape
a capture unexpected
a wound that festers
a love walks away
an accident maims
all and the all
be ‘a-flyin’ and ‘a-cryin’
a lot...
and all the while
the dead dance and dance,
circling
negotiating your value,
gossiping and chanting,
should you be there
where you be?
or here...
come to be
with us?
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