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You & Me, Bess
Joanna Newsom
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We picked our way
Down to the beach,
Watching the waves
Dragging out of our reach:
Tangling tails, like a sodden sheet;
Dangling entrails
From the gut of the sea.
Hoarding our meals (alfalfa and rolls);
Trying not to catch
The cold eyes of the gulls--
I hope Mother Nature has not
Overheard!
(Though, she doles out hurt
Like a puking bird.)
We stayed for the winter.
No-one told us
About the laws of the land.
I hold my own.
But you, with your hunger--
You, on the other hand--
Make yourself known.
And when we were found,
I know we both grieved.
My heart made the sound of
Snow falling from eaves.
You and me, Bess,
We were as thick as thieves.
So I swore, nonetheless, up and down,
It was only me.
They took me away,
And, after some time
Studying my case,
Must have made up their minds.
By the time you realized I was dying,
It must have been too late.
I believe you were not lying.
It is the day.
I wake,
With my ears cocked up like a gun
(Like every day, of course),
Yanked by my wrists
To the sugar-front courtyard--
Now tell me, what have I done?
It seems I have stolen a horse.
I step to the gallows.
Who do you think you are--
Arching your hooves like a crane,
In the shallow gutter
That lines the boulevards,
Crowded with folks
Who just stare as I hang?
It's all the same.
Kindness comes over me;
What was your name?
It makes no difference.
I'm glad that you came.
Forever, I'll listen to your glad neighing.
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