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Y.Q.R.
09:44
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Part One:
The barista says, “Every animal accepts death”
Before calling out someone’s finished order
I’m too tired to try to question it
Or to take this observation any further
Sitting cross-legged in the coffeeshop’s corner
Watching farmer’s market traffic
A default view of a Regina summer
Not a bad way to have it
Now if the casino could ever go my way
If my baby could be here
Maybe I could be convinced to stay
If the winter were never to appear
In the afterward of broken sleep
And clumsy texts to try to calm her down
Work can wait – defer the screens
Until all the weekend has run out
Greens burst out from plastic bags
To sustain or rot in kitchens
The humor of the name has passed
My malaise is finally slipping
Now if the casino could ever go my way
If her eyes had met mine when I awoke
Maybe I could be convinced to stay
With love and a good winter coat
Part Two:
Accept death and then move on
Like the idea of an animal
Envisioned at a coffeeshop
By someone’s somewhat basic thought
But basic and banal can spring
Ideas worth pondering
Siphoned, sculpted, tossed about
Until the truth comes out
Until the meaning becomes clear
To ponder, accept, or to fear
To sculpt again, to reshape
To form new truths or clear the slate
And start again, lay in wait
And overhear another phrase
Analyze a passing thought
At a Regina coffeeshop
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2. |
The Gimli Glider
07:25
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Everything is up in the air
And we’ve no idea how to get
From way up here to there
So many questions, so much doubt
So little time that’s left
To sort the whole thing out
When the engine fails and the fuel gauge breaks
The only thing we can do
Is steer and pray
A freefall off the mortal coil
Getting closer to the flat
Manitoba soil
And you fear the worst
And I fear the worst
And there’s nowhere else to go
But down
If we work together, then we just might
Find a way to get
Through all this alright
A fragile mix of luck and skill
The landing’s going to be rough
But we can make it still
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