The Leaves In Our Mouths

from The Teacher by David Karsten Daniels

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behind the house there is a garden
that i am tending for you
when you come home this summer
there is no root we will not pull
the leaves in our mouths
the laughter ringing through the house
and all off this for you
the drinking of wine
the dancing late into the night

inside the house there is a bathtub
that we are filling for you
when you come in this evening
there is no crevice we will not clean
the soap in our eyes
the air your laughter seems to baptize
and all of this for you
the passing of time
our unrecorded endless bloodline

beside the house there is a pine box
that you will fill with me
when i go home this winter
there is nothing i will not leave
the salt on your skin
the mucus you will not hold in
and all of that for me
this lifeblood we pass
these bodies becoming dirt and ash

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from The Teacher, released January 29, 2016

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David Karsten Daniels Bend, Oregon

The albums of David Karsten Daniels inhabit a unique imaginary place where folk, rock, pop, ambient, jazz and field recordings bleed into each other seamlessly underneath musings on family, life/death, religion and love undeterred by distance and time. NPR named his collaboration with Fight the Big Bull, one of the ‘5 best genre-defying albums of 2010”. ... more

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