Categories: A-D

by GFLee

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Categories: A-D

by GFLee

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I knelt I aimed I missed I ran 
Across the fIeld where our love began 
The ears of the corn began to melt and swim 
My 20/20 vision 95% dim 
I bowed my head to the weight of the sun 
I saw ribs sticking out through my yellow skin 
I felt so tall I felt so thin 

And the children were singing, "Here he comes the killer 
again 
Here he comes the chickenkiller again" 

I was shooting at the birds on the telephone lines 
Putting little black holes on the speed limit signs 
And tell me where she is I screamed 
And tell me where it is she's been 
Well smiling people gathered round 
Wearing coloured silk under coloured lights 
And paper streamers floated down 
like a skating rink or a boxing fight 
And grace descended without a sound 

And the children kept singing, "Here he comes the killer again 
Here he comes the chickenkiller again" 

I ran through that crowd calling out your dear name 
To the blind the deaf the dumb the lame 
But they shook their heads and pointed to the sky 
Saying she's in His hands now my boy 
She caught death as only lovers can ever catch can 

And the children kept singing, "Here he comes the killer again 
Here he comes the chickenkiller again" 

Now the grass is brown and dry beside the track 
Broken beer bottle shines like our engagement ring
And as sure as theres a man on the cross on a hill 
I'll pay dearly for everything 
Now they stoop and they poke and they prod and they peer 
at our prone bodies lying there 
Like roosters picking at the body of a hen 

And the children were singing, "Here he comes the killer 
again 
Here he comes the chickenkiller again" 
My ears were filled with that joyful ringing 
My ears were filled with that happy singing 
Laughing and pointing and pointing and singing 
And the children sang..........

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