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Cowichan (Ripeness and Rot)

from Whitest Whiteness by hansmole

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lyrics

when you've come to consume,
everything that's given to you,
dig a hole in the ground
not more than two inches round.
plant in it a peach pit,
the cherry stem with a knot in it
that i gave to you on our first trip,
down by the lake in cowichan.

the peach pit you planted
in the dirt has swollen and sprouted,
and grown up intertwined
with the cherry stem's knotted vine.
the branches that match the
words said in passing,
when out one day paddling,
they turned to water and poured away.

i melted
and was solid again

but will you hear your name as it is spoken to you,
as the sound moves to surround you?
to occupy the space between your ear and the other ear.
a place once kept, now kept bereft
of any comfort given. any memory of comfy living
all turns to water, and it pours out my ears
it pools by my body, which in turn disappears
everything goes from ripeness to rot

but once all of time has passed, has gone by
let him who has kept hold
keep hold
but spirit how i can't leave well enough alone
all things passing from ripeness into rot

i melted
and was solid again

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from Whitest Whiteness, released September 17, 2014

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