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Until We See Again


by Jerry Ratch


I saw a big dog

By the side of the road

I saw a small deer

By the side of the road

 

A little maroon water in a glass

As I was driving home

Under darkness

With the wind that was under a rose

 

New blood will fill the earth

And we must love the time we have

Until we see again

The time we never had

 

We should make the sun rise

The air forget

And do it with a minimum

Of singing or regret

 

There's no smoking

In the meadow

No smoking

In the mirrors

 

Forest without trees

No smoking there

Public urinals

No smoking there

 

The last thing you will see is

180 dark shadows

Taken to the stars

Taken to the stars

 

New blood will fill the earth

And we must love the time we have

Until we see again

The time we never had

 

We should make the sun rise

The air forget

And do it with a minimum

Of singing or regret 

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