Can't Catch Me

from Soil Science by Bandy Lou

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I've got flypaper hung from my rafters
and the lord's painted boards up on the side
when the children hope to sing, pull the rope to hear them ring
you can't catch me
Three times took stones to the water
twice I knew exactly what to do
once when I was young, caught me carrying a gun
you can't catch me
Time washes out what the memory stains
can't catch me
There's a Bactrian caravan marching
through the eyes of melted needles on the page
skulls surround by flaming jets, ice cream mosque-top minarets
you can't catch me
So we tack the faded portrait to the parchment
though the eyes that scan the trees are lined with age
best you get is box-top skulls, rice and water painted gulls
you can't catch me
Time washes out what the memory stains
can't catch me
Time marches on but the memory stays
can't catch me
At Sherman Way and Firmament, we wonder where the tradition went
folded in on itself so nobody could see
can't catch me
Should we hitch the burning wagon to an eagle?
or a saddled sway-back horse who knows the way?
Once when I was young, thought the songs had all been sung
can't catch me
Time washes out what the memory stains
can't catch me

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from Soil Science, released January 21, 2011

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