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The Corn Husk In Between


It has become most abundantly clear
That I need not settle down this year
Take off my boots, put the laces inside
And sleep here,
alone,
for a while

        Would you let me go
                if I had nothing left to say?
        Would you let me go?
                I'll be gone tomorrow, anyway

Do you remember amateur soothsayers,
Troubadours, and the festival players
Moods of bond would change with the weather
And gathering,
in song,
together

We spoke of him and guilt and science
Limitations and defiance
The early mornings we would dream
of a corn husk,
in between

When you lie awake at night
It's twice as cold here, without any light
May I look for you in my dreams?
And do you promise
to look there
for me

© André Villoch
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