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Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
The Compound lies in wait; unfinished projects hide unseen.
The snowbird sings the song he always sings,
And speaks to me of ventures that will start again in spring.
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How poetic!!!!!
When I was young the Compound was young then, too
Any job that it would tell me, that’s the job that I would do
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the job the compound wants most in life’s the job that I can’t end.
Spread your tiny wings and fly away,
The snow will fall for months now as you see it does today.
As long as I don’t get stuck in the drive,
I’ll see you once again, with chores, when you and spring arrive
I beg of you,please
Keep the snow out west
I don’t like to freeze.
I like autumn the best!
Psssst…. we’re changing the lyrics of Anne Murray’s “Snowbird”. Next verse starts “The breeze along the river seems to say,…”