It took fog to realize There is no use in growing Things that grow will always be cut down Dew on the grass, peppered by spider webs Hills full of red angry fire ants
It took fog to remember That I could always go back home That I could skip the canal And pick an orange straight from the tree Peeling it with a rusted pocket knife Would you sit in the grass with me? The stick of the juice between your fingers
It took fog to show me That I can still walk down the rows of sugar cane After playing hide and seek That I can still **** snakes And get cut by the sawgrass
It took fog to remind me That the mangroves were Full of mosquitoes and fish And the yellow sun Was only a round disk Through the fog