After Neil Young’s ‘Powderfinger’

Shelter me

from the powder and the finger

the lawless lie scattered

on a silent plain

cover me with the thought

that pulled the trigger

remember me to my love

I know I’ll miss her

the lawless lie scattered

at the silent schools

just think of me

as one you never figured

the lawless lie scattered

on the silent streets

fade away so young

so much left undone