algebra suicide - tractor pull lyrics
this evening, upon waking, i saw [?] saying, “i’m going to a tractor pull.”
and i didn’t understand. outside, it was dusk enough to make things invisible
and i heard a car swerve as it skinned the elbow of an ugly child
it didn’t make the news, though i did wonder how hard it would be for a tractor to skin anything
no matter how impulsive it was on the open fields
it was an hour before i fell asleep again and dreamed i was on a soggy bed
while mom ironed linen curtains in the other room, saying:
“isn’t it awful here with all the heat and the fever blisters and no trees to block the tumbleweeds
from coming in the windows?”
i looked up at the open prairie skies and all its stillness and i forgot that the tv was silent
letting us remember all the loud colors of the world
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