Maize Stalk Drinking Blood

Lying in the hot sun today

Watching the clouds run away

Thought a little while about you

The sky was a petrifying blue

And while the geese flew past

For no reason at all, I let the sky fall

This is an empty country

And I am the king, and I should not be allowed to touch

anything

I picked myself up off the ground

Shook the grass from my hair and I walked around

Felt the warm sun in my eye

Strangers were passing by

I shimmied up the black walnut tree

Let the hard blue sky fall right through me

And I saw the sad young cardinals trying to sing

And I should not be allowed to touch anything