- the man whose heavy step in the long grass comes so close
- to the place where my head hides listening
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- the gun is taller than i am and leans against the wall,
- his accomplice
he tips his chair back
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- it is the day when a cow dies two shots out
of sight
- and then she is hanging by her hind legs
-
- he is the bloody man who slips the breadknife
- her parts summersault into the bathtub
-
- in rags black grease and
dirt
- at the gas pump the air shakes around him
-
- going to town in the truck i keep my eyes away
- the beef in the back shift their weight
- he opens his door sixty miles an hour
leans out
- listens to the engine
its roar is his accomplice
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-
- don't be afraid
- i am afraid
- could it be
- the story of father and daughter
- is always so dark
-
- years at opposite ends of the table
- they don't talk
-
- mother put the gun someplace
- neither of us can know
-
- how beautiful he is even
so broken
- she never can shine his
light is so strong
-
- his evil his wrong his hidden his terrible
power
- we are all inhabited with his terrible life
- no one who colludes with me against him
- come with me
- no one who colludes with me against him
can come near me
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- you must promise to write down what i say
- you must promise not to be afraid
- you must be prepared
- it could be the story of a killing
- it could be the story of a rescue
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