All the King's Horses and Men

from The Hole and I by Andrew Dempsen

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The day is coming to an end, the sun sinks low to set again and we’re all still stumbling and reeling.
And I was never half the friend I could have been or should have been, so it’s hard to say exactly what I’m feeling.
You were always smarter then the rest of us, there was no thought you could not direct to particles and reassemble arguments out of them
And you were always searching for a god that might out-smart you after all, but all you seemed to find here was religion.

If I had the faith of Abraham, I don’t think I would understand it better. And if I had God’s healing hand I don’t think I could piece this back together.

Do you think we’ll ever figure out what all of this was all about
And what’s up with this northwestern weather, and why I’m still standing here with everybody else out there when every one of them has loved you better. Can you forgive me for my nonchalance, and non-existent telephone calls, and how I never found the time to write you, 'cause after all was said and done, and everything that we've become, I always wanted to be like you. You told me not to take the word of anyone that I had heard, but to know for myself what I believe in, and you told me not to sell myself, short of anything less than complete and undeniable conviction

So if I had the faith of Abraham, I don’t think I would understand it better. And if I had God’s healing hand, and all the king's horses and men, I don’t think I could piece this back together again.

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from The Hole and I, released August 4, 2017

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