Inquest

from Resurrection by swampmessiah

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lyrics

The soft spoken inquest, as you know, has begun.
It was not my idea.
I assume you know that.
There are things we want to know.
Why is always the best place to start:
It leads nowhere.
Montana. Or farther north.
I can hear it in your bones.
Let’s go over everything again.
So many. So few.
That was halfway up the mesa.
I’m going to keep asking.
It’s the only thing I’m here for.
This couldn’t have happened in Cleveland.
I assume you know that.
I can hear your dry eyes scratch across their lids.
You ignore them when you shouldn’t.
It wasn’t in Kansas. It never is.
So much here is dry. That’s the purpose of questions.
A lone pine and two crows.
It always comes down to crows.
I’m not yelling. That’s the whole point.
Except for why.
I’ll ask you again.
You should know.
Again.
Why: that’s still the best place to start.
I’ll say it again.
You should know that.
You’re so dry you can’t lick life.
Again. I’m not yelling.
You should know that.
There were two crows. This is significant.
They were not dry.
Let’s get back to the central question.
It was not my idea.
We should always start with why.

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from Resurrection, released September 28, 2022

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swampmessiah Saint Paul, Minnesota

I was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1957. I've been drawing all my life and painting since about 1975; I started writing poetry and rants in, maybe, 1976; since 1996 I've been recording those poems and rants, usually with a "musical" backing.
I live in Saint Paul, Minnesota. My partner and I have two children. I have a day job that is in no way artistic. ... more