Three There Was

from One for the Wind by Rachael Cardiello

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When your ancestors come, do you cling to your sleep like a child?
Try to swallow, try to keep the pieces of their faces that you know fade away when it all becomes real again?

Three men, there was. Where now there are only ghosts.

I’ve been spinning their words, fruitlessly, as if somewhere in the stretches, in the spaces between, I will find that which never got said.

Three men, there was. Where now there are only ghosts.

I’ve been spinning their words, endlessly, as if somewhere in the stretched, in the spaces between I will find that which never got said.

My father, his father, and the father of my mother.
What draws the men to the clouds?
My father, his father, and the father of my mother.
What draws the men to the clouds?

Three men, there was. Where now there are only ghosts.

I’ve been spinning their words, foolishly, as if somewhere in the stretches, in the spaces between, I will find that which never got said.

When your ancestors come, do you cling to your sleep like a child?
Try to swallow, try to keep the pieces of their faces that you know fade away when it all becomes real again?

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from One for the Wind, released February 1, 2011

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Rachael Cardiello Toronto, Ontario

Born in tornado alley, raised between mountains of Montana, currently based in the heart of Toronto - Cardiello sings of mental institutes, cross-border love affairs, grief, ghosts, and an alternative version of the American dream

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