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Skinny Man

by Town Fathers

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One for the road and one for the way back
Home, I’m in the weeds and grass, among the stinking
Wet, I had to hold on tight, I had to let it go
Into the night, into the yellow light

Holding out for something sweet, I had to suck my
Tongue, and then I licked my teeth, I thought I heard a
Sound, I thought I heard it drown, but it was only
Sleeping in the bed that I had when I was born

Wading in the deep end, water in my right hand
Suppose I was skinny man, I had no meat or
Bones, I was all weakened flesh, I had to flatten out
Against the floor, against the dirt in the ground

There’s so many patterns in the small things guts
The rain it was slanting in the biting gusts
I had nothing with me but I brought my gun
I saw what I would see
There’s certain indifference in the eyes of God
I woke with an illness and an evil thought
I laid on the floor among the spit and dust
I saw what I would see

Hooks in the fish and the rats under water,
Answer the phone it could be my father,
Forgot the feast but remembered slaughter
Counted the hours till he sent his daughter
I saw what I could see

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released December 28, 2020

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