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Just Before Sunset
Before every sunset since my sister died... suicide...
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Just Before Sunset



                                                           Just before sunset a river rushed by.

                                                                     I hadn’t moved much when I heard a sigh.

                                                                     The sounds of my sister died... suicide...

                                                                     Turned around, saw her face, and I cried.


                                                           Just before sunset a river rushed by.

                                                                     A piece of it touched me, then turned aside.

                                                                     I started to crumble from the inside.

                                                                     Haunted by music she sang at my side.


                                                           Just before sunset a river rushed by,

                                                                     Turned and uncovered where we used to hide,

                                                                     Harmonica racks, strings, and a chrome slide,

                                                                     Lyrics, and poetry Mare left behind.


                                                           Just before sunset a river rushed by,

                                                                     Moved in the shadows of an empty life.

                                                                     As the light faded the nighthawks arrived,

                                                                     And followed me home where I testified.


September 13, 2009

Arlington, Virginia



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