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Stories of the Old One

from Is As Does Is by Brian Cutean QTN

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S t o r i e s o f t h e O l d O n e

On the floor of the darkness
where the people go to hear the light,
an Old One at the head of the circle
gestures long into the night.
With a flash of brilliance
like a rocket already out of sight,
come hear the Stories of the Old One
speak clearly with the furthest sight.

He says: "There's a road reaching up
to the sky in thelight of the day
and, if you make it to the top,
you can vanish without even a trace.
Then whatever you have left here behind
will just be taking up space."
And the Old One nodded with a sparkle
in the eyes of his face.

"Undercover of the darkness,
Coyote comes to take away the night
until the rocks show him Snake
in the moonglow of the eclipsed light
and when Snake speaks, the air shakes
like a seedsprout crying out for the rain
and then it's all Coyote can do to just remember his name..."

"You've got an Angel flying through
the rooms and the screams of your dreams
who can help you remember to sit down
beside the winding stream.
The stream sings in pictures
so colourful, bizarre and so strange
and every picture tells a story
of somebody else who makes it through the change."

"In single file marching
to the gates of the City and out,
is an endless procession of Believers
consumed by doubt.
Nobody can tell them
the language they speak is past tense
and the part that rings true
is the part that never really makes sense."

O n the floor of the darkness
where the people go to hear the light,
there's an Old One at the head of the circle
gesturing long into the night...

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from Is As Does Is, released June 15, 2020

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Brian Cutean/QTN, Oregon songpoet and wordsmith musician, writes songs with offbeat and touching lyrical observations on the socialography of the human condition. He has performed with spirit and whimsy all over these United States for many years.

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