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Bleeding Out

from Limerence by Paul Soupiset

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the kids walk the tracks near the Leadville rails
under Encinal moon when the powerline fails
the Red River curve at the Gainesville Pass
near the barbed wire fence in the Indiangrass

boys will be boys and the girls had ‘em running
he never saw the fenceline, never saw it coming
the scream of the child who ran into the barbs
and the red from his neck as he ran on for yards

Momma’s in the basement, can’t hear him cry
Daddy’s with the bottle, just too drunk to drive

it’s up to you, son, get him into town,
keep the tourniquet tight and the gas pedal down
it’s up to you, son, make it all right
keep the gas pedal down and the tourniquet tight

never tried to manage an automobile
twelve years old, one hand on the wheel
station wagon fired up, flew like a bird
the needle hit ninety and the night sky blurred

past the Red River bend, south of Wichita Lane,
past the silvery dust near the Santa Fe train,
the emergency room flickered neon blue
just carried him in; nothing more you could do

but return to the house and hope trouble would pass
near the Potter’s Creek Road with the wire in the grass

it was up to you, son; (you) got him into town,
kept the tourniquet tight and the gas pedal down
it was up to you; son, turn out the light
kept the gas pedal down and the tourniquet tight

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from Limerence, released September 20, 2021

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Paul Soupiset San Antonio, Texas

Paul Soupiset [SOUP • a • ZAY] is a graphic designer, illustrator, painter, poet, editor, typophile, songwriter, liturgist, and armchair theologian. Paul makes his home in San Antonio where he was born in 1969.

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