Bones

[couchgrouch]

BonesThat farm had been a gamblebut Dad saw us through somehowthings got so thin one winterhe had to kill our poor milkcowDad put our land up for salebut that dry patch never soldhe cut dice from that poor cow's ribsthen took 'em to town and rolledthem bones, where life beginsand where it endsbones are all that remainsthe rest is windthe sky is lights and timethe earth is sea and stonebut sometimes it seems,men are just crazy dreamsheld up by bonesDad'd stay gone till morningsmoky games in alleywayshe always brought Mom some winningsas if darkness blessed his daysbut he was too blind to seeMom hated lonelinesswhen he caught her with a driftershe said she was only fleshand bones, where life beginsand where it endsbones are all that remainsthe rest is windthe sky is lights and timethe earth is sea and stonebut sometimes it seems,men are just crazy dreamsheld up by bonesa pair of snake eyes, watched my Daddy diewhen some loser shot him in the chestand how my poor Mom cried, when they drove out that nightwith his personal effectstwo spotted cubes and some cashwere all that he left usnow, same as that old milkcowhis flesh is gone and he's justbones, where life beginsand where it endsbones are all that remainsthe rest is windthe sky is lights and timethe earth is sea and stonebut sometimes it seems,men are just crazy dreamsheld up by bones(c)2004 Robert George