Memory Proof Fence

[couchgrouch]

Memory Proof FenceThere's trouble with my roosters'neath a nickel-plated moonout on the porch with my forty-fourthat wildcat was gone too soonand feathers of my blue pastseem to scatter on the windhungry dreams swallowed me wholeI need a mem'ry proof fencebenedryls and bourbonare barbed wire and fence postsbut all the safeguards I've builtcan't keep out her prowling ghostcos sundown has her red hairmagnolias have her sweet scentand like the wind, somehow she gets inI need a mem'ry proof fenceone night she slipped off in the blackshe left no note...she left no tracksthough tomorrow hasn't seen her sinceI still need a mem'ry proof fencecos she's the moaning on my stepsthe moonshadows by the barnshe's the sweat-soaked pillow in bedthat I hold in my armsher whispers stalk me like wolvesand denial is no defensefor now I'll be lonely, cos time is the onlymem'ry proof fence(c)2005 Robert George