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Timbuktu

from Kyll Time by Matthew O'Neill

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Timbuktu

All the way to Timbuktu
I was thinking about you
And the flames we leapt over
The creek ran the birds hollered
Our eyes were so much wider
And the fire crackled up your spine

The moose called out from the North
Stampeding towards your door
On the loose with a truce you better let him in
The quartz quarry sounding bright
In the middle of the night
Baskets full of corn and watermelon

All the way to the palace
Banging on your front door
Moving northward through the galaxy
You gave it all for the cause

I took some for me and I took some for you
And it felt like we were being worked through
Guided by the flex of a smile
You were leaning on a round table
Unwrapped well hung cable
You husked the corn and took a bite

That night they abandoned the casino
Not enough revenue
The next day it all went down
The whole condo blew as she sang
Glass flying horizontally
The halls were long they couldn’t run away

Scrubbing rocks in the desert wind
You lose your will you lose the game
Sit out and sour
Or pool your darkness down into town
The skies will be more clear and luminous

I heard some banging in the trees
I saw the unlucky ones on their knees
A man in a pinstriped suit seemed to be conducting
They thought we’d be inside
But I knew the way to hide
Back behind the falls and into the caves

We stayed three days until they were gone
Nestled close you kept me warm
Sewed me up and kissed the wounds
I felt come completely new
I know you felt that way too
In our packs were the rescued heirlooms

All the way to your palace
Banging on your front door
Moving northward through the galaxy
Gave it all for the cause

Have you forgiven him his sins
Have you let him back in
Back into mercifully pasture
To the place of giving tree
I remember you and you remember me
Oh I remember Bobby Jean

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from Kyll Time, released February 28, 2020

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