I was free once, And nobody cared an inch what I’d… That’s how I liked it, that’s wha… Now, for a year or more, The state knocking at my door,

To truth, It shows What love it is that glows, That wagons wheel, Birdsong Cardinal flash, river stone Garden grow

I knew you loved me Because of the song you played And the boots you wore. Unrequited they say nowadays I never told you, anything

I dreamed once, For true naive That we would walk Sanguine and silly Besides the trees

The issue is, We, those of us who did not come h… Willingly We’re too red And white

Your grandma gave me nine dollars After having breakfast on Broadwa… And it wasn’t her but still, She told me what was and I said m… Sincerest apologies true.

Remember, we were young Let’s meet at the courthouse And try to get all our freedoms ba… Whatever you would like to do, We might get distracted, have coff…

As the wind settles Eyes grow dim, tired still In the morning we begin again In so doing, if you can Please do not pretend...

I’d like to write a story In parts of six or seven I only know the one, Can we write it together? Everything will be just so

Iron doves and death The world can sort It’s sordid mess. I am not alone Who does not have

I want to marry you That’s the way it is, true Not just paper, or for show In the way only we know It’s true, already though

All the cars have been robbed There was nothing in the vans They made gold of air The radio blares pretend And the traffic’s rough again.

The only promises I’ll make Are the ones you’ve already seen i… I swear, on my life. Paradox of poem and silly sky So is life, on faith we dive.

We are Greek, in a democracy We are not pawns for autocracy, We the characters of an Odyssey, Are not your lies for tooth fairy, We are humans with lives you prete…