Waddle and Daub – Track 4
“Gently” is a new number attached to a revival of a song I wrote when I first moved into the Schoolhouse in 1989. I was a deeply moving joke at the time and scared with good reason. The footsteps in the dark could be heard distinctly thru the single strength glass which had lost most of its glazing. A savage was born in this house. I know because he pulled up one day in his dump truck.
In the spirit of this revival, last week, something really strange happened. Panchia and I heard a barking outside and close. Three wild dogs had a deer cornered against our fence. They saw P and me and the dogs scattered while the deer with the rack bolted for the woods. He did not get any further than the rusty river. The dogs had collected themselves and surrounded him. I went inside for the only gun I have.
I pointed the cordless finish nail gun in the air and fired.
“Pap!”
No reaction.
I fired finish nails at them.
Nothing.
I went back in to find something with which to make noise and spotted the tambourine used on this song.
The rise and fall of sound cut the deep blue night air and the dogs stopped barking.
Soon they skulked away.
The deer looked at me for a while from the 3 inch water and then trotted off into the woods.
Song: “Gently”
Release Date: 02/01/06
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