June 17, 2008
I wake–it seems I had fallen asleep
On watch at the top of the hill.
I think how as the sun has set,
I’ve lost my own shadow in the Earth’s.
The day has moved it’s face
To look upon the fires far away.
From there, the last of the news that we heard
Came as rustling of the trees in the [...]
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June 5, 2008
(Give us a listen, do)
When I was a little kid
Riding in the car,
Sometimes I’d look to see
No hands upon the wheel.
No parent in the seat,
Nobody to slow it down,
Strapped too tight
To reach up front
And take the wheel–
I hope we stay on the road.
On my first day of class
I opened my front door.
Southbound birds and falling [...]
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May 15, 2008
(Click to play song)
You don’t mind me coming round
I’m not sure what to do with that
It’s not like with other folks,
Where I’m shooed and waved out
From some well-kept city park
Where they spray down the nests
And the gates turn away
Nice old women
With old bread for my brood
So please don’t get me wrong,
I’m not saying you’re for [...]
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May 10, 2008
My talented kindly brother will begin posting here under the name Squid. The Buttered Slice anticipates this collaboration with pleasure and seafood.
Squid recorded the following sample of his original guitar work and asked me to post it; please, enjoy.
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