I walked to California in concrete shoes,
Midwest boy with the nothing-certain blues.
She walked right past me with a halo made of lead,
I turned to look when I should have tied my shoes and fled,
She looked like spring and I looked like a thousand winters.
whenever I got near her my thoughts turned to splinters.
I’m not often sure who “she” is, but that’s an owl, I can tell you that much for certain.
farnco illustrations 