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The Dixon Deal

from American Classic by Nicholas Merz

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What would I hope to prove if I blamed people like you?

Bud of Dixon throws a rind
His last bite chews through time
And shatters his own mind
Jerry is half Cherokee
His best friend since grade three
God damn they must have been lonely
From Dixon born to Vietnam
Then back to Dixon
When your friends are gone
No one’s there to ask what went wrong
So who’s to kill?
Who’s to hate?
Who’s to trust?
Who’s to wait for when God ain’t knocking at your door?

The only thing that anchors me is the trouble that clouds my mind
It’s impossible to know if it’s truly mine

Decades pass and people roll through the town
What they take they show
And never give up what they know
So all the folk with different skin can saddle up with their kin or be buried
Except of course for you, Jerry
As how I’d love to spit on you but I’m too close to my own window
I see my reflection in your face
Now a machine helps Bud breathe
As more dust settles on his sleeve
He mutters to himself before he sleeps

The only thing that anchors me is the trouble that clouds my mind
It’s impossible to know if it’s truly mine

So what would I hope to prove if I blamed people like you?

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from American Classic, released February 24, 2023

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Formerly: The Duvall Sound

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