Ahab's Ghost

from Darlings of the Soil by Jim Rioux

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Ahab’s Ghost: We met on a ranch down in Arkansas/both looking to star again/we strung barbed wire til our hands were raw/and we became pretty quick friends//You said the world’s so goddamned liminal/how nothing is here to stay/You said your mind’s a hardened criminal/that someone should lock it all away//You spoke of novels and of poetry/how Ahab was misunderstood/ We should all smash the mask of reality/or at least as much as we could//You played guitar/beneath a full sweep of stars/and sang like the night was your host/We sat by the fire/and I never grew tired/of your voice moving like a ghost//I said you should read some Kierkegaard/that the world can be taken on trust/ Hunting down truth, it can get awfully hard/especially when it’s scattered like dust//You said the world...//Then from the barn rafters they found you/You were hanging like a puppet, so absurd/And to this day what I saw then it wasn’t true/I’ll choose to remember your words//You played guitar...

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from Darlings of the Soil, released April 22, 2016
Jim Rioux: Vocals, Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar, Drums, Flugelhorn
Guy Capecelatro III: Mellotron, Backing Vocals, Ebow
Marc: Bass
Kathleen Clancey: Backing Vocals

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