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