Now the birds speak in secret rhythms

and the trees bark in secret sounds

and the people speak in secret thought

and they push the thoughts into the shape of words

and sometimes someone among us

sticks her head into the

shiny phosphorus blue vat

of language

and listens, like a skeleton

to the pulsing of life within,

and she tells us

of secret rattling angles

to watch for and to reach into

with strange oceans

and deafening skies

that can be mapped and measured

only by sounds

and never by meanings

and once we can tell where we are

using the nearest star

as it relates to the ragged water

then we can plant our feet into the good ground

and go to the rodeo

and answer the plum-colored hawk

and sing to the river

in good faith

god presses his mouth

around our head

he breathes out

he breathes in

and we are resuscitated in the goofy

atmosphere of god

where there are highways and bowling

and tattooed by the sun

a circus

made by the prayer of breathing

and living hope

and barbed eyes

where coyotes hang

and cowboys hammer

posts and branches

to keep us inside

as much as keep someone out



and the prayer that is

and it is answered with a breath

gods lips against our own

we breathe in

we breathe out

he breathes out

and sigh

alive again



the unexpected

discovery

of a b-side

of life



a map of voices

a warning to others who would come this way

an animal who has seen things

a horn twisted into shapes

understood by strangers

recognized by demons

an invitation in

the secret language of trees

sung in wild shapes

by a child




» A Face In The Crowd
» A lucky
» A Lucky Guy
» A Second Chance
» A Stranger's Car
» A Strangers Car
» A Tree On Allenford
» After Hours
» After HoursTwelve Bars Past Goodnight
» Altar Boy
» Altar Boys
» Atlas Marker
» Atlas' Marker
» Away From The Sky
» Beat Angels
» Bitchenostrophy
» Bye Bye Blackbird
» Carried Into Redemption
» Chuck E's In Love
» Chuck Es In Love
» Cloud Of Unknowing
» Comin Back To Me
» Comin' Back To Me
» Company
» Coolsville
» Cycles
» Danny's All Star Joint
» Danny's All-Star Joint
» Dannys All-star Joint
» Dat Dere
» Deep Space
» Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
» Dont Let The Sun Catch You Crying
» Driving Away
» Drunk On The Striped Table
» Easy Money
» Evening of my Best Day
» Firewalker
» Flying Cowboys
» For No One
» Ghetto Of My Mind
» Ghost Train
» Ghostyhead
» Gloria
» Gravity
» Hey Bub
» Hi-Lili
» Hi-Lili-hi-lo
» Howard
» I Can't Get Started
» I Cant Get Started
» I Won't Grow Up
» I Wont Grow Up
» I'll Be Seeing You
» It Must Be Love
» It Takes You There
» Jolie Jolie
» Juke Box Fury
» Just My Baby
» Lap Dog
» Leaving Through The Forest Path
» Letters From The 9th Ward / Walk Away Renee
» Letters from the 9th Ward / Walk Away Renee
» Letters From The 9th Ward/Walk Away Renee
» Letters From The 9th WardWalk Away Renee
» Liner notes
» Liner Notes (From Naked Songs LP)
» Little Mysteries
» Little Yellow Town
» Living It Up
» Love Is Gonna Bring Us Back Alive
» Love Junkyard
» Lush Life
» Magazine
» Matters
» Mink Coat At The Bus Stop
» More At The Striped Table
» My Funny Valentine
» My One And Only Love
» Night Train
» On Saturday Afternoons In 1963
» On Saturday Afternoons In 1963 (Featured In Alias
» On The Street Where You Live
» One Hand One Heart
» Outside The Great Divide
» Pink Flamingos
» Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)
» Rainbow Sleeves
» Rebel Rebel
» Road Kill
» Roadkill
» Rodeo Girl
» Runaround
» Running From Mercy
» Sailor Song
» Satellites
» Scary Chinese Movie
» Second Chance
» Secret Language Of Trees
» Show Biz Kids
» Skeletons
» Smile
» So Long
» Someone To Watch Over Me
» Something Cool
» Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
» Stewart's Coat
» Stewarts Coat
» Sunny Afternoon
» Tell somebody (repeal the patriot act now)
» Tell Somebody (Repeal The Patriot Acts Now)
» The Albatross
» The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
» The Evening Of My Best Day
» The Horses
» The Last Chance Texaco
» The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys
» The Real End
» The Returns
» The Second Time Around
» The Unsigned Painting
» The Weird Beast
» Tigers
» Traces Of The Western Slopes
» Traces On The Western Slopes
» Trouble Man
» Ugly Man
» Under The Boardwalk
» Up A Lazy River
» Up From The Skies
» Vessel Of Light
» Walk Away Renee
» We Belong Together
» Weasel And The White Boys Cool
» Woody And Dutch On The Slow Train To Peking
» Young Blood

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