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Remembrance Day
03:03
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She enjoyed my Churchill poems
Their imagery, meter, and tone
But - to her - the best thing was
How she factored in each and every one
The story of the northbound train
The antics that the cars contained
A fourteen hour ride
Underneath the stars and northern lights
Past the tree line, towards the place
Where the wind destroys your face
As the ice forms on the bay
Earlier in Thompson bars
Buying drinks for pool hall stars
At 55 degrees
The latitude that weakened Gordon's knees
Stumbling back to our hotel beds
As the lights danced overhead
Giving us a complete sense
Of our total insignificance
And everyone so generous
The cab drivers and Thompson drunks
Happy to lend a hand to us
Red plastic poppies on display
Pinned to a nation's chest - they say
It's for Remembrance Day
Trudging through the ice and snow
In boots too big and borrowed clothes
Too cold for my Florida bones
Past the tree line, towards the place
Where the wind destroys your face
As the ice forms on the bay
Red plastic poppies on display
Pinned to a nation's heart - they say
It's for Remembrance Day
We were bummed out on the last leg
Of our flight back to Winnipeg
So sad to see the story end
Red plastic poppies on display
Pinned to a nation's chest - they say
It's for Remembrance Day
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Sensing Endings
03:56
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Here is the time
And here is the consequence
We're of no mind
To act on these things we sense
The last night in town
The end of our holiday
There's so little doubt
We can't go on this way
But for now
Just smile
And I
Will smile
With you
Let's find a quiet spot
It's starting to rain
We can't see the mountaintops
A drink and a smoke
Dance the rest of the night
And still hold out hope
Until closing time arrives
But for now
Just smile
And I
Will smile
With you
I feel it, too
How happy we both are
But sadness is never far
Away
Here is the time
And here is the consequence
I'll pretend it's right
If you pretend this makes sense
Life will go on
And we will move on somehow
We both know we're wrong
But we're too weak to change things now
But for now
Just smile
And I
Will smile
With you
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