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This is the house where he was conceived
the front room was painted black
to hide the rising damp.

His father, solitary, sat smoking in an armchair
under the light from the lamp.

It was warm inside the little house
but rain poured down outside
like nails of light under the streetlamp's glow.

His mother stayed in bed, the movement of her hand
smoothing the blanket was melancholy and slow.

They moved to the house where he was later born
the field across the road was home
to an old brown horse.

The new house was brighter and the parents to be
seemed happy as the pregnancy took its course.

The child was born on a watery, blood-coloured
autumn morning
it feebly screamed and pushed its little fists
toward the sky.

His father smoked in the hospital corridor
his eyes were scratchy and his throat was dry.

His mother lay like ripe fruit
burst open on the ground
the water, cord, blood and placenta
had all been cleaned away.

After 269 nights in the womb
he squinted in the light of his first day.

And the cigarettes burned down
and the horse slowly moved through the field
and the rain soaked into the ground
and the scar on his belly healed
and the sun rose ten thousand times
and he went on his way.

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from When You Were A Man, released October 25, 2010

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David Creese England, UK

David Creese, founder of The Dumb Earth (Melbourne, Aust. 1993-2006)
and Mysteries (Mel, Aust. 2001- 2005),
drummer for Lizard Train (Adelaide, Aust. 1985-1996),
now occupied with self released albums of songs & narrations and composing music for the films of
Jason Tovey.
Latest album is Rocky the Clown & Other Follies. Spirit Monitors (2021) is a collaboration with Mike Cooper (YSF).
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