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acoustic guitar rock by singer and songwriter ben bruce

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This hand-drawn image is inspired by Letter to a Young Poet, written by William Carlos Williams, in which he describes how all our efforts as writers and as men must be to release the enchained dragon within us.
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The Day After the Boy That Died

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<a href="http://benbruce.bandcamp.com/track/the-day-after-the-boy-that-died">The Day After the Boy that Died by Ben Bruce</a>

The campus was quiet,
and people went to classes
and sat on the beach,
on a beautiful day.
But people spoke in whispers,
huddled and stared
and some women cried …

… the day after the boy that died.

His friends were absent
their grief too strong
oh, to handle
without their God
rumors were rampant,
all stories told,
and then the teller sighed …

… the day after the boy that died.

No words express
the lover of him
who now
is a puddle on the Way
their love will never end,
he said, I’ll see you again,
but he seems to have lied …

… the day after the boy that died.

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