Part I: The Kept for Me

I and I and I and I Will laugh today And count the time The flowers pressed On polystyrene And pinned down wings That were once alive I and I and I and I I plant the wheat The kind in your mind When he comes back He brings his scythe When I and I see what’s inside I thank you for your service And I thank you for your silence Do you feel a rock behind us Is it unflinching and unchanging Every mile of faceless highway Connects the sky To the pavement I see Two deer on the edge of woods And even though I can see them I think they’re still hiding