Alone in Kansas

ALONE IN KANSAS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTqbTP5qy7k

When did I realize it—
that I was lost to the world?

Even though I fled the Midwest—
all the way out to the West Coast?
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Was it when I came back to Emporia—
for my mother’s funeral?

One look at the mourning crowd—
gathered in Robert Blue funeral home
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And I left knowing I was totally—
completely alone now for sure

Then at the Fiftieth Reunion of my—
EHS class when I was there but
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Decided to spend the day instead—
sitting by the Cottonwood River

Knowing that I came alone into—
Kansas and that I’d leave alone too