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Whistlestopping Time

from Big Eyed Muse by Ray Woodruff

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Little left here,
Even dad’s anger’s gone
East Chicago
Mills a path across the lawn.

House is empty,
No one’s there to see him go
Past the fence posts
Laced with barb, laid in rows.

And it makes him want to scream
Just to wake from this bad dream
But it’s one less thing to say
No goodbyes just turn away.

Still his shadow
Walks the fields, haunts the corn
Past his grand dad
Past the house where he was born.

And he stumbles on his way
Past the ground where grand dad now lays
And the air is dry with pain
As he heads west toward the train.

The dusty road bends
Dust it clings to his clothes
Warm in shirtsleeves
Warm in boots that show his toes.

So he strikes a fitting pose
Makes up for his ill-fitting clothes
Till its whistle stopping time
He’ll wait and stare down the line.

Red eyes burning
As he stares into the sun
Just more waiting
All his life, that’s all he’s done

So he fumbles with his pack
Pulls tight, feels the weight on his back.
He listens for the train
For whispers of his grand dad’s name.

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from Big Eyed Muse, released January 1, 2007

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Ray Woodruff Richmond, Virginia

Songwriter. Guitarist. Instrumentalist. Visuals. Lost writer.

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