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Lou Hartman

from Long ways till winter by Sean M Keel

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Lou Hartman was a farmer’s son
Hands made for moving bales
Hair like rust
he lived with us
between trips to juvie jail.

His ma and ma were sisters
Sisters more than friends
Lou’s ma was thin and haunted
Still as water in a pan
My ma was my whole world
Up til lou moved in
They farmed family land
From lou’s old man.
But we did not speak of him

This world’s half broke open
Half this world’s missing
We planted angel’s eyes
Up on the rise
Where we buried lou hartman

That Boy was long
as a log chain
With rusty colored hair
Had a 14 weight composite bow
He said would stop a bear
He said that he loved learning
But it was hard to tell
Day we learned about the rapture
Said I hope preachers go to hell

This world’s half broke open
Half this world’s missing
There’s angels eyes
up and down the rise
Where we buried lou hartman.

You can cover up so much ugly
Under one two foot of snow
Grain Silo choked with grain dust
A smoker should not go
Middle of those three silos burning
fuck you finger made of flame
Now lou hartman
Like his old man
We do not speak his name

This world’s half broke open
Half this world’s missing
I lie and watch the sky
Up on the rise
Where we buried Lou Hartman.

We slept together
In a bunk bed
He told me all about Rosie Anne
I told him about some men who messed me up.
He said they won’t do that again.
Who else laughed at preachers?
Who else had that hair?
14 weight composite bow
That boy could stop a bear

2/2019

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from Long ways till winter, released October 1, 2021

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Sean Keel Austin, Texas

Two dinosaurs rusting at roughly the same rate. The left most is UT math professor
Sean Keel. He writes lyric dense folk/country (and sometimes jazz) music both solo, and in collaboration with his family and friends band, Bill The Pony.

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