Bag of Rocks You might not remember an old Tom Verlaine song ... I've been breaking these rocks, and I've been cutting this hay ... But I did ... I was at a meeting, and a guy was talking about the difficulty of getting free, really free ... My ears perked up at the concept ... Because I have been laboring, too, in recent years ... He said sweetness is the land just across the river ‌ And we can see it from our side ‌ And it looks pretty good over there ... But we've been carrying a backpack all our lives ... And the backpack's full of rocks ... Big heavy rocks ... And we've convinced ourselves that it's our job to carry those 228
A Cellarful of Nose
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