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Dear Rose,
Thank you for this bounty
Your gifts from all the county
Your love nobody knows

It shows
My gratitude’s expense
Is far from what you’d call immense
You see, my dearest Rose?

Every night I feel sick
I stay up until six
Am I supposed to be quick about cleaning you out of my sheets?

Thanks for the loose hair
You know I never did care
Every time I would tear them right out of your scalp

But the postal trucks at 4am are much louder than they ever were
Yes, the postal trucks at 5am are much louder than they ever were
Where’s an extra heart, or a set of lungs, or a noise machine, or a flower’s purr?

Dear Rose,
You’ve left me with these presents
Bereft of only your sweet presence
And love that never shows

It grows
The retribution hence
Those shillings turning into pence
My wallet took the blows

I still sleep with the stains
To remind me of pains
That you felt from the chains that you tied from my leg to your neck

The toothbrush I’ll keep
And if it helps you to sleep
I might allow you to keep mine, it’s an even trade

But the sunrise when it comes at last is quieter than it ever was
And the sunrise if it comes at all is quieter than it ever was
Where’s that extra phone to set those alarms which I don’t
need to hear the buzz?

When I remember your address, the thank you note is in the mail
So thanks again for all the fish that once were fruit, but who can tell?
What I have left of yellow Rose I’ll keep as long as I can stand the smell

Dear Rose,
Your love nobody knows
It goes and goes and goes and goes
Along with yellow Rose

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from Seven Songs for Seven Women, released August 1, 2015

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