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LETTER GONE

didja see it?
didja see the cone strike?
crashing down and
smashing down
didja see it
levelling the ground?
didja see it?
didja see them smile and wave
when they called your name?
didja see it
when they walked you down the row?

and the hordes all rallied
and hollered about
to let her go
or shoot her down
this letter's gone
this two bit town
is floating down the river now
lying on the bed, underground

didja hear it?
didja hear the news?
recycled blues, loaded guns,
and platform shoes
phony smiles and frigid frowns
didja hear it?
didja hear the sixteen shots
that brought that mother down?
didja hear it
when they dropped her
naked on the ground?

and the preachers all rallied
and called for security
what once was their bane
was now their disease
and that ragged old letter
lay soaked and unread
under the stones
on the riverbed

didja need it?
didja need to hear about it
or was it lost in the shuffle
or washed out in the flood?
didja mean it?
didja mean what you said?
or was it anger, resent, or pain?
or were you just sick of the blood?

and there you were
rallying to yourself
calling for your own
kind of change
and what once was a goal
is now just waste
now that old letter's gone

-4/7/05

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from Pretending To Fly (fdm096), released December 15, 2017

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Chris Anderson Alexandria, Virginia

Chris is a wildly prolific songwriter who has hovered among the outskirts of the music world for over 30 years. On his own label, Flying Dachshund Music, Chris has released 154 CDs, 96 of them being full-length albums. That's just the tip of the iceberg and there are no signs of stopping. Ever.

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