Still Life

» MP3: Unreleased track, 2005

table pushed under an old oak tree
paper stars strung from each bough of green
roses and incense, shoreline and sunset
ladder and two chairs

places laid, silverware, tinted glass
wooden bowls, napkins in scarlet bands
woebegone gull cries, breakers and blue skies
candle and two chairs

now this may sound naive
but I used to believe that solitude was wealth
I’ve since traded that tune for a table, balloons
bid reticence farewell

table pushed under an old oak tree
paper stars strung from each bough of green
roses and incense, shoreline and sunset
ladder and two chairs