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Rocky Bones

from Anadromous by Elliot Knapp

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The skies were clear the morning that the strange rains came
The children played in flat, wide fields—the plows turned earth
Each leafy shoot ensured no plot lay fallow
The war had ended, sons returned and daughters bloomed
The town square heaved, and commerce boomed, the terraced hills
Led snowmelt down each season desert crept a row closer

The augur told the men who found her mountain home
Forget about what you’ve seen here—leave me alone!

The horses lapped up barley, the hounds gnawed at bones
The banquet tables heavy hung with peacetime spoils
Rough hands withdrew each silo’s borrowed credit
From far horizon peaks a distant rumble grew
The gullets full from harvest glut drew shortened breaths
The sun shone down the sweat-dressed brows, warnings forgotten

The green witch warned the men below her mountain home
Forget the magic you’ve seen here, leave me alone
When saplings spring from each and every seed you’ve sown
I’ll peel you down to rocky bones!

The war’s end left abundant empty mouths to fill
The men set out to find a way to fill a cup
Above the rim and keep it there forever
Some drops of dust at first and then a cloud of clods
Rained earth to sky and browned the sun never to land
Till every green stalk withered lay on bare stones

The green witch warned the men who stormed her mountain home
Put down your axes and your saws, leave me alone
A sapling thinned for every single seed you’ve sown
I’ll strip you down to rocky bones!

Farmers scouring craggy plains, no holds for roots to gain purchase
Hungry, hunting for meat that flees on two legs

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from Anadromous, released November 14, 2013
Elliot Knapp: Vocal, Larrivée OMV-03R.

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