Chain Of Bones:
Yesterday I saw two vultures
Fighting over a dead snake in the road.
Hurtling down this mountain
Into the setting sun
They rose before me and marked my passing;
My time has not yet come.
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This morning I saw a chain of bones
Testifying in the sun
That all bonds of the flesh must be broken.
In the end we all belong to trhe vultures
And if we truly have a home up in the sky
We must go there alone...
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Out on this road a steel guitat is always playing
Mournfully upon the wind.
The miles are marked by abandoned ranches,
The rusting hulls of old cars;
The lifeless eyes of roadkilled creatures questionong
The reasonsfor our passing...
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Fence posts and rusty wire
Won't keep ...