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The Grinding Stone

from Evening Sounds by Jake Shane

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The Grinding Stone

I stand in this room all alone
Turning the grinding stone
It leaves palettes of dust on the hardwood floor
To be swept in one sweep out the door

Crickets scratch out a moan
Lemon leaves swing in undertones
And the delicate webs of the night are sewn
To make it all seem a bit less hollow

So much work still remains
And yet what is there to gain?
Well it’s getting late now and anyway
I count in hours not in days

I look for the boundary line
Between the real and divine
On the edge of the edge of the blade I grind
I feel it from time to time

The rumor of horses spreads fast
Along the hedgerow then the grass
They are coming four to take me at last
From this room this stone this task

But so much work still remains
And yet what’s really to gain?
Well it’s getting late now and anyway
I count in hours not in days

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from Evening Sounds, released March 13, 2015

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Jake Shane is an American singer-songwriter based in Madrid, Spain.

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