Provinces (Half-Empty or Half-Full)

from Smalltowns by Nathan Richards

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collect the provinces like limited-edition peace coins and hockey cards
but i wouldn’t part with those cape breton oilers, not for all the golden aces of the yukon
or the fierce teenage poetry of a Downie-filled van, a rotting quilt, a longing for the wild west
and the great white north - both ravenous - to the last inch of straw and snow

i fear and revere every coked-up mother’s son who whipped around the shaft on a length of chain
shuffled from crew to crew like the jokers they are, lost amid the decks of their grandfathers’ tales
"when the derricks were made of wood and when the men were made of iron"
"we are not what we once were, and we shall never be so again"

after i pay these tabs and settle these debts please pack up what’s left and hop it on a train
an eastbound maritime-ontario two-story boxcar
let me wind around the bumps of northern new brunswick, walking in a grid can’t be good for the soul
no, walking in a grid for so long can’t be too good for the soul

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from Smalltowns, released July 13, 2020
Written and performed by Nathan Richards with:
Carolyn Boudreau - Vocals

Recorded and mixed by Nathan Richards, Albert Lionais and Mark Dolmont
Mastered by Mark Dolmont

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