16,126. SO THEN

 SO THEN

In the field, knocking heads again,

so then, he's probably right, we are

responsible for everything. My siblings

hauling dirt again, my cousins all hunched

over, aunts and uncles all gone and famished.

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I'm alone here, and  I play for nothing. All

signature tunes and peculiar manners. So

then, I wait for you. Hell, I wait for anyone.

I've had with signatories and dignitaries.

I'm an orphan now, in an orphan-boy chorus.