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Never Let A Story Be Tainted By The Truth

from The Miraculous Resurrection of Charlie Jones by a model home life

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"come aboard" he said, as he stood on the boat and i stood on the shore with my canvas bag at my feet, smiling up at me.

he said, "you don't look fit, boy. but you look fit enough for sea and in fact, in some ways, you kind of remind me of me."

"take this oar and row. as far as you can and then go a little further"

so i took my bag and put it in that boat and put that boat into the sea, then i put myself into that boat and prayed the waves might just let me be.

so i began to row as well as i could and as good as i might.

my eyes they sting from salt water.
my mouth it tastes like salt water.
my ears are muffled from what you're trying to say to me.
my skin it stings from salt water.
my nose it burns from salt water.
my hands are numb from this dreadful sea.

i've seen photographs that vaguely like him in a place that no one seems to remember but it's too late to ask now, i guess.

i know you were an army man, but its easier to picture you in blue. it's like you always said, "never let a story be tainted by the truth"

so i hope you would be proud of where i am and how i tell of what you've done. i want you to see everything. i know you would be proud of me. i know you'd love her and you'd love them and you'd love every bit of what i've done. so maybe i can live almost as tall as you did, as i watch it all wash away. my god its never been the same.

i wish we could have known more.

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from The Miraculous Resurrection of Charlie Jones, released November 27, 2014

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