The Scythe Is Raised

"I stepped off the bus, though none were there to greet me, and walked through clearing dust and setting sun to the office where your money talked. The doctor could not be seen too soon; there wer..."

"I knew not why it happened there were none that I could ask; the mind had aged in this young body and blown away the foggy past. I did not know the boy before me though I've met his thoughts an..."

"She preceded me by nineteen days to lead by birth and I to follow; but where she rests is not so grave as my prospect of lost tomorrows. Some saw the woman on the bridge that night, lights on a..."

"The guitar was strumming loudly The voices rang so proudly For to sing unto the Lord is certainly not childly. But the noise was quite disturbing Their open door was most perturbing The distort..."

"'Say Professor... what was this thing called snow? Was it fallout from the chemical stacks? Says here the stuff would take weeks to go, leaving death and misery in its tracks. Would you remember i..."

"Country born, among the thorns From my mind the pages torn Well fed, town bred The ivory player with big head Red rooms, bedrooms Blood was boiling way too soon Nimrod trained, heaven stained Accep..."