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The Sparrow Song

from Oceanside of Someday by Al Tobon

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The Sparrow Song, it lives as long
as the cinders in the sea
That were washed away until today
to make me what I'd be

His beak is cracked and black and bruised
His wings are almost white
The sunken orbs inside his skull
They gleam a timid light

The Sparrow flies
to touch the sun
to say hello for me
He flies, flies
to each centaur in our galaxy

The sparrow said "I'm good as dead.
The mountains will all mourn me.
To the top, I'd climb and drop,
down and down with gravity"

A wilted rose, his feckless thorns
Lay barren at his breast
And peeled beneath those pedals
A heart that cannot rest

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from Oceanside of Someday, released July 7, 2017

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Al Tobon Houston, Texas

A Texan recluse, Folk Singer, guitar teacher and writer deeply rooted in the celebration of the absurd, Al Tobon attempts to explore human nature through abstract vignettes sung into The Void.

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