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sky and trees

from Everything by Elam Blackman

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it was june
we were sitting on a bench
i was thinking i'd ask you to marry me
it was dark but you could make out
sky and trees
what were you thinking in the silence
as the summer relented to the night
as the fire flies climbed and spread
each with a light
sky and trees

they created the stage but i
lost the nerve
quiet as the lights came and went
so it was that i was bound to you
no laws of man
no oaths to recant
just a hand within a hand
and drink at our feet
not a witness nor a ring
sky and trees

babe of mine
sky and trees

sometimes alone we go
with ravens in our eyes
you walk with felines
i am being made
being shaped into
printers blue
woodblock cut
paper rough
sky and trees

into the hollow i drive most days
lillies burst
wildflower leading in
tools leaning against the shed
and the bench
it looks ordinary now
my question never said out loud

you're still with me
sky and trees

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from Everything, released December 26, 2019

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Elam Blackman Vallejo, California

Elam Blackman was born in the front yard. Red dirt roads. A cottonwood. His parents were/ may still be hippies. Some days nothing happens. Elam writes songs. Elam talks in the third person for bios. Do you like bios? Elam is shy at times and when he gets to know you he might tell a joke or two. For less bio and more music stop by on the world wide web of the internet. ... more

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