Cattail Down

Cattail down The morning rail yard whistle blows Cattail down Our boxcar bound for... no one knows After every hidden seed out From it covering has been free And every book has been discarded from the bookshelf Cattail down And the forgetting of myself Cattail down Replace the feathers in our vests Cattail down Surround the ivy Thats gone to poison in my chest "The parachute broke loose," Cried the goose with misplaced But understandable concern For his little brother's mental health His happy little brother And the forgetting of himself Cattail down Around the bulrush, the pollen shed Cattail down To dress my wounds It left a bee sting in their stead (Half an acre thoughts from out my head) Headed east out of St. Paul We stopped for water Rested in the cemetery Watched the Mississippi Running out of food stamps Found a bag along the footpath Off highway 61 filled with What looked like marijuana (Don't worry mom, we left it there) Hopped a grainrail out of Pig's Eye toward Milwaukee A deer between the tower and the tracks Saw right through us Said, "You don't know where you came from You don't know where you're going You think you're you- You don't know who you are You're not you You're everyone else." You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else, you're everyone else You're everyone else