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Cattail Down, the morning rail yard
whistle blows
Cattail Down, our boxcar bound for
no one knows
After every hidden seed out from its covering has been free
and every book has been discarded from the bookshelf
Cattail Down
in the forgetting of myself
Cattail Down
replace the feathers in our vest
Cattail Down surround the ivy
that's gone to poison in my chest
"The parachute broke loose!" cried the goose
with misplaced but understandable concern
for his little brother's mental health
his happy little brother in the forgetting of himself
Cattail Down, around the bulrush
the pollen shed
Cattail Down to dress my wounds
it left a bee sting in their stead
have been angered thoughts from out my head
Headed east out of St Paul we stopped for water
rested in the cemetery watched the Mississippi
Runnin' outa food stamps found a bag
along the footpath off highway 61
filled with what looked like marijuana
Don't worry Mom we left it there
Hopped a grainer out of Pig's Eye
toward Milwaukee
the deer between the tower and the tracks
saw right through us and said
You don't know where you came from
You don't know where you're going
You think you're you
but you don't know who you are
You're not you
You're Everyone Else!
Luke 9:23"If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me."