Cold Was the Ground

14JUN26

the library card

bigfoot takes his looks
into the skies
he has no books
but he is still wise

big and hairy 
as he looks back
no big library
with books in stacks

dark is the night
and just as long
still he knows the right
from the wrong

all of his trust
we have worn away
or maybe he was just 
born that way

Enjoy your Sunday. Do not remain aloof from the goof.

In the 3rd stanza there is a nod to Blind Willie Johnson and his famous blues song Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground. It is a song that is revered by almost all who know much about blues music. Ry Cooder has based songs on it. He along with many others have spoken and written at length about it. The song was included on the Voyager Golden Record that was launched into space in 1977. Johnson became blind at the age of 7 when his stepmother threw lye in his face while she was in a fight with his father. It is a haunting song.

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