two blocks away from my house yesterday a pile of rain came out of nowhere and basically fell all over me but i just kept walking. i had already taken my shoes off and i figured i would change my clothes as soon as i got inside anyway.
then tom came over and we hung out until eight and then i made dinner and i was really tired but i wrote a silly little song before i went to bed. it is upbeat like something small kids might sing in a music class at school and it has a chorus but the chorus doesn't have words yet.
i like to think it was inspired by appalachian folksong but let's be honest i wouldn't know appalachian folksong if it bit me on the nose. also i have been listening to bowerbirds a bit lately and this is not entirely un-bowerbirds-y.
he wakes easy, he who wakes
with creaking bones and shins that ache
senses sun and quickly shakes
his eyelids from their yellow cake
[i have another verse here but i hate it so i'm not publishing it until i've written a better one]
he sleeps easy, he who sleeps
with a head split by two fields of sheep
casts his stones and earns his keep
with one small step, one giant leap
milks the cows and pays his dues
finds the maiden's silver shoes
we meanwhile lie here in bed
the sheep escaping from our head
he breaks slowly, he who breaks
from broken bones and organ aches
we break quickly, we who break
from broken hearts and pale mistakes
love love love,
lion
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