<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Reasons To Survive November<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">November like a train wreck -</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">as if a locomotive made of cold</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">had hurtled out of Canada</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">and crashed into a million trees,</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">flaming the leaves, setting the woods on fire.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The sky is a thick, cold gauze -</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">but there's a soup special at the Waffle House downtown,</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">and the Jack Parsons show is up at the museum,</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">full of luminous red barns.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">- Or maybe I'll visit beautiful Donna,</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">the kickboxing queen from Santa Fe,</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">and roll around in her foldout bed.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">I know there are some people out there</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">who think I am supposed to end up</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">in a room by myself</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">with a gun and a bottle full of hate,</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">a locked door and my slack mouth open</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">like a disconnected phone.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">But I hate those people back</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">from the core of my donkey soul</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">and the hatred makes me strong</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">and my survival is their failure,</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">and my happiness would kill them</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">so I shove joy like a knife</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">into my own heart over and over</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">and I force myself toward pleasure,</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">and I love this November life</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">where I run like a train</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">deeper and deeper</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">into the land of my enemies. </span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Tony Hoagland</span></div></body></html>