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Migrations
Mary Chapin Carpenter
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The Mountain Goats
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Scarecrow in a pale dress
face pressed on this greasy gas station window
White River, Ontario
Sidelong looks at boys lined up like beer cans on a fence
pissing away this blurry afternoon
and under her breath she says
would you pick me up
I'm light as a feather
no, I'm not afraid
I am not brave enough to offer
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He was beautiful and mean
could never put things right
At seven, stole a bottle and chose his antidote
faked his own death at fourteen
left his clothes and a note by the riverbed
and floated away
won't you pick me up
I'm light as a feather
No, I'm not afraid
I am not brave enough to offer
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Station wagon full
Family of six
Rattling home the long way down Trans-Canada
Black bird on a hydrowire
Plummets as they pass
Who turns to watch as it lands
in the muddy field
Won't you pick me up?
I'm light as a feather
Though I am not afraid
I am not brave enough to offer
Pick me up
I'm light as a feather
I am not afraid
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