Silhouettes

The Bell County Silence

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Silhouettes

Have you seen their silhouettes, black and swaying from the winds that blow across this across this county? Did you wave on back to them, taking the weight of your hand and pushing on the air?

God bless us all!
We have left our fingerprints somewhere in this valley.
We have covered everything that was worth covering.

Do you see things in the sky?
Familiar faces and forecasts of how we should live our lives.
Be sure to read them out loud.
As soon as words do bloom they will be sure to drown.

Do you often cry?
Take your filthy hands and lift them high.
We are only children lost in all this brilliance.
Sometimes it's easy to forget.
Often we forget.

Our bodies are not perfect but mine is filled with gold.
Knotted hair, crooked teeth, and northern soil.

God bless us all.
We have left our fingerprints somewhere in this valley.
We have covered everything that was worth covering.