
…going to!"
Further south our truck stops ran
to see the singing dolphin man
and pancakes from a frying pan
for four of us
Somewhere…
You better go on up and tell the kids
I can feel a question as we wander down the road
Asking us how far away from life we wanna go
Looking for a place…
…or two
about you and just what you could do
Red Wing, Colorado, isn't the kind of place
you'd go to just for fun
Just a lonely general…
By Themselves (2000)
On album Them (2019)

…to study
Taught in this poor reader's paradise
In these uncomfortably queer sandals
A sign, lost appetite, I lean aside
Leaning…
…further, a yawn
Leaning further back
Crack a pointless pencil in my only pocket with no holes
Snaps in two, and pokes my skinny leg…
…and knots
Get them really pregnant
Then leave with its friend the chair and all my stationery
(No, go, no...)
Yum, a breeze, carry me
I…

…that grazed his cattle nigh--
Sometime a blusterer, that the ruffle knew
Of court, of city, and had let go by
The swiftest hours, observed…
…to myself, If I had self-applied
Love to myself and to no love beside.
'But, woe is me! too early I attended
A youthful suit…
…stand aloof!
The one a palate hath that needs will taste,
Though Reason weep, and cry, 'It is thy last.'
'For further I could say…

…speech is Hindustani. I know that it will be a long time before it can be made into an international speech…
…in order that I may be able to make myself understood. There is a rivalry between the French and the English. Having been taught…
…was coming with Badshah Khan, I asked for a little piece of paper and pencil. I got a pen, instead of a pencil. I tried to scribble a few words…