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DEAR LEISE

HOW THE GREAT CLOUDS ARE GROWING AND THE GREY SKIES ARE SNOWING AND THE PIECES ARE THICK SOFT KNUCKLE BONES ON A RIDGE NEAR THE WEST GATE WITH A BAG FULL OF WET SLATE AND A HOLE IN MY BELLY DEAR LEISA A HOLE I LEFT A PONY WITH MICHAEL AND A SCORE WITH THE FOREMAN LOST A TON FROM WHAT THE DOCK HANDS DROPPED SOLD OR STOLE I HAVE MY EYE ON THE PRIZE I KEEP YOUR HIPS IN MY MIND NOT THIS HOLE IN MY BELLY DEAR LEISA THIS HOLE AND AS THE SEVENTH WAVE LANDS THERE GO OUR PLANS THERE GO OUR SAND CASTLES DOWN THERE ARE TOO MANY IN THE BED AND THE RUNT IS HALF DEAD AND WE ALL ROLL OVER AND INTO THE GROUND WHEN WE LAND PLEASE LET'S STAY AWHILE TAKE MY HAND AND SIT QUIET THERE'S NO FIXING THE THING BUT AT LEAST IT RUNS SLOW I HAVE TRIED PLUGGING IT WITH BEESWAX WET CLAY AND TREE SAP BUT THIS HOLE IN MY BELLY DEAR LEISA THIS HOLE I CANNOT GET PEACE AND YOU KNOW I ONLY SLEEP WITH THE DOOR CLOSED I CANNOT SETTLE MY STOMACH OR SOFTEN MY DRY THROAT BUT I IMAGINE A BETTER TIME HEALTHY AND KIND WITH NO HOLE IN MY BELLY DEAR LEISA NO HOLE

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Stephen Burch. Problem folk, songs with words.

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