The sun above me and a concrete floor belowScratch at the chain links, maybe bare my teeth for showFed twice a day, I don't go hungry anymoreFeel in my bones just what the future has in storeI pace in circlesSo the camera will seeLook hard at my stripesThere'll be no more after meLaze by the shoreline while the sailors disembarkScratch out a place to sit and rest down in the darkSmell something burning downwind just a little waysThey set up camp and sing and sweat and work for daysI have no fear of anyoneI'm dumb and wild and freeI am a flightless birdAnd there'll be no more after meIn Costa Rica, in a burrow undergroundClimb to the surface, blink my eyes and look aroundI'm all alone here as I try my tiny songClaim my place beneath the sky, but I won't be here for longI sang all nightThe moon shone on me through the treesNo brothers leftAnd there'll be no more after me
Abilene, Texas, United States