die east coast

die east coast

A Poem by zeitgeist
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Recounting things I've seen and places I've been. Vaguely inspired by the works of Townes Van Zandt.

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spent a long winter in brownsville sleeping under porches
headed down to the junction during
spring thaw
hopped a freight southbound
rode those steel wheels til they fell off in portsmouth

never knew a love from the atlantic
new england full of bitter embrace
followed a wind to troy and kept a-movin' until
I found a friend at last in the lehigh valley
his name was codeine

crash and burned on the side of highway 83
home has been inside of a brown paper bag
the susquehanna had never looked better
as it did that late july night

washed up in the chesapeake
found myself hitching westward on
a black and white thoroughbred
stepped off in kansas city

my friend, well he's still around
scratches at my skin and
keeps my mouth dry
been laying in a farmers field
thinking about that cold maine sky

© 2021 zeitgeist


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Added on April 6, 2021
Last Updated on April 6, 2021
Tags: lonesome, rambling, weary, prose, poetry, folk, travel, melancholy, free verse

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zeitgeist
zeitgeist

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Just trying to get some of my writing out into the word instead of it collecting dust in my mind. A human that enjoys blues & folk music, long rides into nothingness and cold mornings. more..

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