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The Thirteenth First

from Pockets by David Stone

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A song for children of failed relationships.

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You count your silver bullets by the console light, mindful of the movement in the corner of your eye. You remember melodies to songs you heard when you were young, you don’t know all the words, so you just hum.

A dozen silver bullets might be enough, but you’ve got thirteen in case you fuck up, a dozen silver bullets weighing down your shirt, you took careful aim and shot the thirteenth first.

Sharpened up your arrow heads and laid them in a line, a thousand years later this is all they’ll find. Stricken from the record, written over, overtime, like a ghost on the film when you hold it to a light.

A dozen sharpened arrows might be enough, but you’ve got thirteen in case you fuck up. A dozen sharpened arrows buried in the dirt, you took careful aim and shot the thirteenth first.

You found out the countless were just uncounted, and no one really knows how those people how those people sounded. You wondered if the lore and verse was based in truth, or if they were just telling you what to do. You count on me to be good for you, I’ve been a work in progress since 1992.

You found a couple tapes that used to be your Dad’s, in a box of old things your Mom forgot she had. There might have only be a dozen things they ever agreed on, one was you, one was the weather and the other ten were songs.

A dozen good years might have been enough, but they had thirteen before they fucked it up. You’ve got a dozen tapes, and you know every word, but you just hum along to the thirteenth first.

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from Pockets, released December 25, 2018

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David Stone Barrie, Ontario

Singer/songwriter and musician based in Ontario, Canada.

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