dave steger

the day Johnny Cash died

I remember

the church bells were all ringing
the angels noiselessly singing
the asphalt road was so-so-so long
full of words from an old country song

the day Johnny Cash died
i remember
the candle waxing out
the record fading in the wind
a mansmanman howling into the night
with a voice like a rickety chair
and a body like a grizzly bear
the sky turned black and blue
i remember