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Scarecrow

We are all nailed to posts in the fields of our lives

And some of us sway back and forth in the wind

Like the chimes grandmother made from old knives

 

We search with doubting eyes for the perfect wives

Exes with whom you never thought your love would end

We are all nailed to posts in the fields of our lives

 

Our exit strategy involves smoke grenades and swan dives

The clapping of our black shoed feet a drum to mend

Like the chimes grandmother made from old knives

 

We Stuff our chests with filling paper derives

Our hollowed bodies suffer no strength to send

We are all nailed to posts in the fields of our lives

 

Scaring crows that steal the fabric of our lies

Clawed hands and teeth and fingers we cannot bend

Like the chimes grandmother made from old knives

 

Don your pumpkin head and haunt the field of your lives

Until you have no more joy or fear or sorrow left to lend

We are all nailed to posts in the fields of our lives

Like the chimes grandmother made from old knives

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sean-michael-webber
American
Published
Jul 4, 2010
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