Scarecrow Boy

from LET ME GO by Brian Huntress

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I’ve got Roots on my feet and twine on my wrist

yeah the crows on the line were waiting for this

scarecrow boy. i'm made for the job

scarecrow boy. do they know i'm alive?

I got this shirt from the farmers trash. repaired with a million different stitches and patches

is this how these shady people wanna treat me?

tie me up to a cross in the field and then they leave me.

and the girl from the farm walks out in the field

one hand with a book the other holding a needle and a thread

she stitches a smile on my face and right before she leaves she kisses me on the head

four weeks pasts before the girl came back.

she brought a chair with her book and she read out loud.

she sat with me and I tried to find the strength too reach out and touch her beautiful face

I pull at the string that holds me down and the girl turns to me as she hears that sound

she sees my hand is moving on its own she screams before turninging and running back home

Months did pass be fore the girl came back she was carrying a torch with a knife behind her back

she called out loud, “show your self now! Or I'll burn you here. You'll die no doubt.”

I tried to wave or call out to her but I couldn’t find the strength and she set me too burn

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from LET ME GO, released March 22, 2024

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Brian Huntress Rockland, Massachusetts

I am a painter, a writer, and a touring musician. Follow me on instagram to keep up with all of the debauchery.

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