#zavalney

This is the first track that was written by The Prairie.  It's sort of about the circle of life, and how one can't dwell on the subject of death, for it is inevitable for us all.  We feed the earth, the earth feeds us.  Enjoy!

The Snapper

"hawk is perched hunger stricken

with eyes cold stones searching for prey.

it's been days since hawk has fulfilled his cravings.

it's been days since hawk has fed his children.

but oh, no giving in

to the hole that the farmer is digging.

rabbit hunkers deep in a hole

contemplating dinner with his wife

to go forth, to salvage is a death wish.

to stay home and do nothing is to cease to exist.

long nights has rabbit kept watch o'er the sky

for hawks hungry maw

long days has rabbit gone without self

to prolong a visit with death.

but oh, no giving in

to the talons of the starving hawk.

farmer wastes away like rotten cabbage.

cabbage that rabbit wouldn't touch.

farmer lost his wife and his daughter

and found solice in a stein.

farmer grips his iron at the stalk

and spots rabbit with his eyes on hawk.

farmer unloads lead into rabbit

and hawk soars down to steal farmers prize.

now hawk can feed his children

but what of rabbits wife?

and the farmer who has nothing but a sad and wasted life?

we all play a part in this merry-go-round of life