Migrations-Christine Fellows

[ti:Migrations] [ar:Christine Fellows] [al:Paper Anniversary] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Migrations - Christine Fellows [00:12.57]Scarecrow in a pale dress [00:15.16]Face pressed on this greasy gas station window [00:19.49]White River Ontario [00:22.03] [00:24.25]Sidelong looks at boys Lined up like beer cans on a fence [00:29.53]Pissing away this blurry afternoon [00:32.90] [00:33.73]And under her breath she says [00:36.43]Would you pick me up [00:37.61] [00:40.97]I'm light as a feather [00:42.78] [00:46.82]Though I'm not afraid [00:49.40]I am not brave enough to offer [00:53.80] [01:07.15]He was beautiful and mean [01:09.88]Could never put things right [01:11.74]At seven stole a bottle and chose his antidote [01:16.17] [01:18.29]Faked his own death at fourteen [01:21.44]Left his clothes and a note by the riverbed [01:25.20] [01:26.62]And floated away [01:30.40] [01:31.35]Won't you pick me up [01:35.03] [01:38.45]I'm light as a feather [01:40.04] [01:44.38]Though I'm not afraid [01:46.92]I am not brave enough to offer [01:51.51] [02:30.86]Station wagon full [02:32.45] [02:33.78]Family of six rattling home [02:36.59] [02:37.14]The long way down the Trans-Canada [02:39.97] [02:42.70]Black bird on a hydrowire [02:44.92] [02:45.64]Plummets as they pass [02:47.99]Who turns to watch as it lands in the muddy field [02:51.67] [02:55.18]Won't you pick me up [02:58.91] [03:02.10]I'm light as a feather [03:03.68] [03:07.95]Though I'm not afraid [03:10.44]I am not brave enough to offer [03:15.07] [03:18.39]Pick me up [03:20.36] [03:22.98]I'm light as a feather [03:24.93] [03:28.71]I am not afraid