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Prayers / Coma
by Mark Sebring → (All Poetry by Mark Sebring)
Saturday, August 17, 2019 Rated "G" by the Author.

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Prayers / Coma (Two songs by Brad Hoshaw) Oh, my my. How am I gonna sleep tonight? How am I gonna sleep tonight? With my neighbor on the lawn shouting prayers to someone up there. I just don't care to be holy. I wasn't angry. I didn't know what I was feeling. I live in a coma, outside my bed. They must have been joking. Said that I could get to heaven. And they'd show me the real love I have never had. Oh, my my. How am I gonna sleep tonight? How am I gonna sleep tonight? With my neighbor shouting prayers to someone up there. I just don't care to be holy. I learned back in grade school never to show, never to tell. Those kids can be so cruel when you're by yourself. They must have been joking. Said that I could get to heaven. And they'd show me the real love I have never had. Oh, my my. How am I gonna sleep tonight? How am I gonna sleep tonight? With my neighbor out on the lawn shouting prayers to some god up there. I really don't care to be holy. To be holy. Brad Hoshaw (original songs, 2009), Mark Sebring (mash-up, 2015) This poem is a mash-up of lyrics from two songs by Brad Hoshaw: "Prayers" and "Coma". (Brad is one of Omaha's finest singer-songwriters.) I presented it (with guitar and vocal accompaniment from Virginia Kathryn) at a Brad Hoshaw Tribute Night at Barley Street Tavern in December 2015. It was my last time in front of an audience. From Brad's latest album, "Living On A Sliver".