THE PIANO STOPS AS HE TAKES HIS GLASS
TO HIS LIPS IN ANOTHER SIGH
I GIVES HIMSELF AS A VOLUNTEER
NOT AWARE OF WHAT THE PIANO PLAYS
HE’S LOST IN HIS THOUGHTS SO PROFOUND
AND HERE
THE CELLAR IS DEEP THE CELLAR IS DARK INSIDE
BUT THROUGH THE CRUTAINS THERE SHE APPEARS
WITH HER SILENT VIOLENCE AND HER BIG RED MOUTH
WITH HER VIOLENT SILENCE AND HER SOMEWHAT THICK NOSE
WITH HER CHILDISH MOUVEMENTS AND HER LONESOME EYES
SHE REMINDS ME A BIT OF HEMINGWAY
THE PIANO STARTS AS THEIR EYES GET IN TOUCH
A MUFFLED TUNE AS HER STEPS ON THE FLOOR AND THERE
HER TWO EYES ARE DEEP HER TWO EYES ARE DARK INSIDE
AND I CAN’T HELP BUT THINK OF THAT BOOK I READ OF
HEMINGWAY IN A SHINY RAIN
HEMINGWAY IN A TEPID RAIN
WITH HER SILENT VIOLENCE AND HER BIG RED MOUTH
WITH HER VIOLENT SILENCE AND HER SOMEWHAT THICK NOSE
WITH HER CHILDISH MOVEMENTS AND HER LONESOME EYES
SHE REMINDS ME A BIT OF HEMINGWAY
THEN SHE TURNED HER HEAD AND SAW ME WRITING THIS
THEN SHE CAME TO ME AND TOOK HER TIME TO SAY
“WITH YOUR CHILDISH MOVEMENTS AND YOUR LONESOME EYES
YOU REMIND ME A BIT OF HEMINGWAY”
credits
from The Inside Laws,
track released March 1, 2009
Words and Music by Gregory Peltier
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