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Duck and Cover

from Prodigal by David Wirsig

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bring out your beaten and your scarred, let’s meet at the bars
see if their elixirs can cure us
let’s send up panicked prayers like signal flares
see if someone can hear us
let’s fold our hands together and untether from time
reaching back through the ether
toward that moment right before her head hit the floor
and we’ll throw a blanket beneath her

then when the ground shakes and the wave in its wake
finds us in the arms of our lovers
hold your charms to your chests, hide beneath your desks
duck and cover

inside a dimly lit dive just off the 405
exchanging philosophies and dogmas
we’ll call each other friends, we’ll never speak again
turn our backs on our problems
we’ll pour our liquor and our beer, pretend not to hear
the distant peals of thunder
feel our eyes get soft as we hold our hopes aloft
in clinking glasses and tumblers

but when the air turns foul and the dogs start to howl
gather up your sister and brother
less than two minutes now to reach high ground
before the highways are smothered

so when the ground shakes and the wave in its wake
finds us in the arms of our lovers
hold your charms to your chests, hide beneath your desks
duck and cover

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from Prodigal, released October 2, 2020

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David Wirsig New Haven, Connecticut

Over the past ten years, David Wirsig has built a library of releases exploring themes such as religious dogma, life after the apocalypse, and what lies at the bottom of the ocean. His songs have been featured on multiple podcasts and radio programs, including "Welcome to Night Vale" and CBC Radio. ... more

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