The Last Benedict

By the time this cigarette is finished A rusted elegance will emerge Like a habit you still come around This I know you told me so And like a habit you come around This I know I've paid attention Nothing but the courage of a fool And I pretend I hear an ocean And I can almost smell the sea Let's say that writer was an asshole Let's just say that asshole wasn't me And in my mind, I'm in a house along the beach The interstate and trees sound just like waves A voice beyond the leaves Sings in a lazy kind of yodel Softly spraying airy thoughts This is all I know You just told me so It was nothing but the courage of a fool Back in the spring the view was better There were birds there to be named Things got southern in the autumn The light was golden in the morning Sun Dog looks at bird Bird watches dog We are transfixed here and breezy Together in the twilight just to watch it die It was nothing but the courage of a fool