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for a friend (beneath the ponderosa pines)

from miracles again for future pilgrims by mother explosives

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you shot yourself while i was killing
my ego
in North Carolina it never snows
in these mountains
we told lies to each other
to the mountains
when we'd drink

I hear it's snowing right now
in Keno this December
while someone pounds the Hammond
organ down in the valley
singing to themselves
as the snows fall
and the song lifts:
the sun goes down tonight
i thought there'd be more bodies
after such a long lonely fight
in fact there are none
except for the one
hidden under ponderosa pines

one more lone coyote looks over
his right shoulder
before he disappears into the Cascade
mountains again i've never been
i bet it's lovely in the spring

Maybe we find you
Maybe we don't
I'd rather go on thinking
with droplets of hope
how you've gone surfing in the South Pacific or somewhere speaking
broken Spanish to the local woman and singing

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from miracles again for future pilgrims, released July 9, 2014

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mother explosives Brevard, North Carolina

Mother Explosives has lived all of his life in the Great Appalachian Valley.


His songs feel familiar until you spend more and more time in them and ultimately realize there are corners of this house you haven’t looked in before. It is warm, encompassing, different. These are songs you can walk around in. Songs you can sow into the lining of your jacket
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