Sunday, November 14, 2010

monument

on the day of your birth:

these are the tales that your neighbors told

of your folks in the days of old. and all the ruin that they brought

oh a plague on that small town

how the news got around. quite a sight to see

all those dirty lips said all those silly things

your sister can never live it down

you mother cannot sew another stitch

they'd tramp around bar to bar, tongues out and dry, aching for a drop

turned away each time they were

soles of their shoes just had to wear through

all because those rotten tales

and all because of you

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