February 21, 2010

the harsh chill of death

by J.J. Campbell

sometimes i'll put on some
old blues music and just
stare out the window

stare at a harvested field
and how soon we'll have
snow

and the harsh chill of
death will enter the room
remind us all of these days
we’ve taken for granted

the faces of loved ones
we've driven into the
arms of another

the mistakes

the burdens

the endless missed chances
to become somebody other
than the nobody that greets
you in the mirror each
morning

sometimes i'll put on some
old blues music and stare
out the window

picture myself drunk, gun
in hand, kneeling down in a
harvested field and telling an
unresponsive god

i'm sorry



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