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SACKCLOTH WHISTLE

from WHISTLE IN SACKCLOTH by GARRETT R. COOPER

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HE PREPARED FOR THE BAD THING, BECOMING PART OF THE SCENE, TO STOP THE ACHE IN HIS SIDE BELOW THE RIBS AND ABOVE THE HIP. WHERE HE’D TAKE A ROCK AND A FEATHER TO KEEP, THUMPING HIS CHEST ALONG TO THE SOUND IN HIS HEAD

AND THE SOUND IN HIS HEAD, WITH IT HE WHISTLES AND HUMS. IT’S THE SONG OF THE BIRD FROM WHEN HIS STORY BEGUN

HE PREPARED FOR THE BAD THING AND IN THE YARD HE FELT ALONE, HE SNIFFED AT THE BRITTLE BREEZE AND THE NIGHT ENGULFED. HE LOWERED HIMSELF DOWN INTO THE HOLE THAT HE’D DUG WITH THE WANT TO GET LOW AND TO BE ONE WITH THE GROUND

AND THE SONG THAT HE WHISTLES, THE SOUND OF THE BIRD’S SQUEAK AS HE’D PUSHED THAT ROCK SLOWLY THROUGH ITS SMALL LITTLE HEAD

LIKE THE HOLE IN HIS SIDE, THIS HOLE NEEDED TO BE FILLED AND LIKE THE THINGS HE HAD BURIED, HE NOW NEEDED TO BE KILLED. THEN WITH ARMS SPREAD OUT WIDE, HE BREATHED OUT ALL OF HIS AIR, THE SCENE THEN CAME ALIVE AND HIS EYES GLAZED AND STARED

AND THE SOUND IN HIS HEAD, ALONG TO IT HE WHISTLED AND HUMMED, IT’S THE SONG OF THE BIRD FROM WHEN HIS STORY BEGUN.
THEN NOW DOWN IN THE HOLE WHERE HE’D PLACED SO MANY BEFORE, HE’D DONE THE VERY BAD THING, THE BIRD’S SONG IT’S SCORE

HE’D PREPARED FOR THE BAD THING BACK WHEN HE HEARD THE BIRD SING, TO STOP THE ACHE IN HIS SIDE AND BECOME PART OF THE SCENE

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from WHISTLE IN SACKCLOTH, released January 15, 2015

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GARRETT R. COOPER Adelaide, Australia

Songs written and recorded as abruptly as possible between 2009 and 2016.

All music now written and released under the name MULE

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