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The Story We Used to Tell
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Ryan Scott Oliver
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[I]: There is a story we used to tell 'Bout the picture in the moonlight that we knew so well A house of grief photographed But Vi and I, how we laughed On that final night, we sat at her bed foot Old roommates together again She, a fresh new widow Me, I'd no way with men Her room, it was bookless, quiet and bare Except for that single picture there A picture of the old house Tall and dark against the sky There, in the new house I said, "Tell me all about it, Vi" [VI & I]: She told The story we used to tell 'Bout her people and the old place back when life was hell Granddad's right there, wand'ring daft (He's wand'ring daft) But Vi and I, we just laughed [I]: Vi had vanished when I woke the next morning No sign of my friend in her room Called her lawyer, called the police They guessed Vi had met her doom I could't take that, it didn't make sense Vi and I dreamed in the future tense I crawled into her bed Beneath a fat, lopsided moon The picture hung above me — And that's when I could hear it Her tune
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