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Gifts from the Land

from Blood in the Dirt by Verso Folio

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We spent the first few weeks searching the river and came up with nothing but water. Soon enough it was clear we’d need a supplemental source of income, and Jackson and I both applied at the local coal mine. They’d been up front that it’s all coal and no gold down there. I have a hunch they’re lying to keep it for themselves, and every day I slip away at lunch hour and search through some of the farther passageways, and even some caverns nobody has been through yet.

I know there’s gold in that mountain.

I tried to get the boy to do the same, and God bless if he doesn’t slip away at lunch, but only to waste time with the farmer’s daughter from up the road.

I’ve told him time and again that farming is a weak man’s work. You spread seeds on the ground and you wait, you pick the fruit and you wait for people to come clamoring wanting to buy it off you. It’s all sitting and waiting, far as I can see.

Some days I don’t see the boy much at all, and he’ll tell me he’s been at the shop or taking extra hours in the mine, but I can see the dirt on his clothes, I can smell the stink of pigs and horses on him. That farmer’s daughter may as well be some kind of witch put a spell on him.

Well, when he sees gold he’ll come around. That farmer and his daughter can keep throwing seeds at the dirt, and the boy and I will be long gone from here, living free in a mansion in California, or maybe back in Virginia or up in New York.

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from Blood in the Dirt, released December 9, 2022

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Verso Folio Kansas City, Missouri

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instrumental alt-rock soundscapes. telling stories through vibe and emotion. (and the words I post on each album's page.)

i'm trying to learn music theory and production. these are the projects i make along the way. ... more

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