Earl McSwagger
\nMet Nowhere Man once;
\nhe met him through a friend. And that friend
\nWas John Lennon.<\/p>\n
They became besties at once; Earl was
\nthe cool one and Nowhere Man
\nwas the dunce.<\/p>\n
Earl called him \u201cNowhere\u201d, for short;
\nMany a long evening they sat
\nSmoking on the porch
\nReliving long ago tales, about women
\nAnd port; a good time, all in all
\nThey had on the porch.<\/p>\n
But now,<\/p>\n
Earl was getting old; even now
\nhe had to shiver
\nin the cold Alaska cold.<\/p>\n
All he wanted now, was to sit
\nin the shade; read a book under a tree
\nOn a sunny sunny day; maybe, perhaps
\nBy a Spring in a glade<\/p>\n
But He\u2019d call Nowhere Man, and tell him his age
\nAbout how they both were virgins
\nAnd had never been laid.<\/p>\n
They never thought too seriously about that
\nWith all the world to save. Anyway that\u2019s best said
\nlater, right now the cold nights freezing
\nTheir ass off.<\/p>\n
Well right now Earl and his friend knew
\nthey had to die; but not without a farewell
\nOr a long lost Good-bye! No it was after one last
\nAdventure, that they parted and cried.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeems we made it, Nowhere,\u201d Earl said, not meaning
\nTo be sly. But so it ended, their final
\ngoodbye.<\/p>\n
But not really.<\/p>\n
They had 100,000 eternal returns
\nliving the same lives over and over again;
\nBut finally god let them rest, to never turn over
\nagain.<\/p>\n
Right before Earl died
\nHe dug his own grave. (Barehanded, I
\nmust say
\nOn a freezing cold day).<\/p>\n
Occasionally an alien antelope
\nWill look at the grave
\nOr the aurora borealis
\nwill shine down on him,
\nLonely and brave<\/p>\n
And he\u2019ll think out loud, quite lonely, to God,\u201d
\nMy life
\nsure was fuckin’ . . . odd.
\nBut god will say
\nYou finally made it, you wretched beast.
\nDying for you is nothing in the least
\nNow go, my son, rest in peace;
\nOne day your woods will turn over another leaf
\nAnd we\u2019ll all be the better for you,
\nRest in Peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chris Skiles Earl McSwagger Met Nowhere Man once; he met him through a friend. And that friend Was John Lennon. They became besties at once; Earl was the cool one and Nowhere Man was the dunce. Earl called him \u201cNowhere\u201d, for short; Many a long evening they sat Smoking on the porch Reliving long ago… <\/p>\n