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Prelude to The Mountain Lion, The Mountain Lion

from Bridge by Scott McRae

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A rat trap cracks my middle finger, smoke from a whistle seems to linger, then drizzle down like milk and honey, left outside with strawberries.

The Mountain Lion

I can't remember what I couldn't find
Memories of December
Will vanish with time.

But I remember the mountain lion lying in the sun
His entrails boiled and undone
My teachers used to teach
"Fear this mighty beast"
But of all the animals
I fear this one the least.

Because I know of humans and what they've done to each other
Of the estranged brothers
With no hair on their heads
Who despite all their acumen
Struggle, like me, to get out of bed.

We're exhausted
Our nests have spread to far, our peaks used to be frosted
Now the lions come down for their water
While we push it through our faucets.

Tye-dye dries in the sun
Next to moldy hamburger buns
Clothes pins, gin, empty shotgun shells
That ring every hour at every bell.

The night is silent,
The trolls soundly sleeping,
Dreaming of sinkholes and violence the horrors wake them weeping
At their feet
A mountain lion creeping.

He digs through the trash,
Under the floorboards, and piles of ash

He'll have to cross this bridge, over rivers, over passes
Live on benches and propane gases
To find us all here
Stuck in molasses.

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from Bridge, released October 20, 2018

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Scott McRae Portland, Oregon

A dude who makes tunes and writes things sometimes, follow me on the grum for song posts and letterboxd for movie thoughts. Also comprises one half of Ishroyale.

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