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Cattail down The morning railyard whistle blows Cattail down Our boxcar bound for no one knows After every hidden seed out from its covering has been freed And every book has been discarded from the bookshelf Cattail down In the forgetting of myself Cattail down Replace the feathers in our vest Cattail down Surround the ivy that's gone to poison in my chest The parachute broke loose Cried the goose with misplaced but understandable concern For his little brother's mental health His happy little brother in the forgetting of himself Cattail down Around the bulrush, the pollen shed Cattail down To dress my wounds it left a bee sting in their stead Half an acre thoughts from out my head Headed east out of St. Paul We stopped in the water Rested in the cemetery Watched the Mississippi Running out of food stamps Found a bag along the footpath Off Highway 61 Filled with what looked like marijuana Sorry mom, we left it there Drove the greener out of pig's eye toward Milwaukee The deer between the tower and the tracks saw right through us Said you don't know where you came from You don't know where you're going You think you're you You don't know who you are You're not you You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else You're everyone else