On the ruined road
that runs along the lake drive
where the laughing gulls shriek
and the invisible fish swim
as if they had invented silence

in my blue coat in the warm wool coat ...  [+]

This is a hard country your mother is not here
Your father is not here

A father is not here
Maybe a cousin or a friend assist you

Sometimes a cousin or a friend
but not for long
...  [+]