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Brother (Winter)

from Ultraviolet Chimera by ned's demos

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A drive past winter houses generates the memory of a long-lost brother & a long-ago summer.

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Brother (Winter)

I look out through the falling snow & see the lamplit windows in the cold
The stone façade & mansard roof some architect imagined long ago
Twin columns topped with lanterns throwing light upon the gatehouse & the road
If anyone is watching as we pass, it isn’t anyone we know

It’s strange to think of everyone who drives by every day without a care
To know a house holds history, though the lives its history touched are nowhere near
Or if they are, they drive right past, a stranger in a stranger’s passing car
All sound is disappearing like the last light in the black hole of a star

The memory of my brother is collapsing to a single afternoon
Blackberries ripe for picking, burrs & briars stuck to our clothing & our shoes
Is it a kind of mercy to awake each day, our losses wiped away
Or to await the moment when they surface with the things we couldn’t say?

The low wall that surrounds the house is one I could step over anytime
From under the gazebo I could watch the fountain water turn to ice
I won’t look for the lost remains that lie beneath the needles & the pines
Or maybe I’ll keep driving while the falling snow fills up an empty sky

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from Ultraviolet Chimera, released March 1, 2022
Brother (Winter)

Oscar Schmidt OU7T long neck tenor ukulele
Hola! HM127EB+ tenor ukulele
Gibson ES-335 electric guitar
Yamaha Portatone PSR 185 keyboard
GarageBand cymbals & drums

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ned's demos Baltimore, Maryland

ned's demos feature guitar, ukulele, keyboards, digital effects, vocal harmonies & more. Bowie, Eno, Smiths Elliott & Patti, & an ocean of indie, folk, & psychedelic artists lend their influence. ned's also a poet with several award-winning books, so have a peek at the lyrics while you visit. ... more

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