Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Another Cemetery Stroll. . .

As you may have read in below posts, I was out yesterday afternoon poking around in Saint Leu d'Esserent, and no visit to a village in France would be complete without a stop in the cemetery to see what kind of energy is in the air. . . and as is nearly always the case, I was not disappointed with the detour there.
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The white ceramic layer which had a name and message printed in it had just about come clear off this rusting heart, leaving no legible trace of the life commemorated here. . . so whoever you were, wherever your soul may have gotten to over the intervening years, I send this heart to you, that you may know a thought came your way today. . .
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I'm not sure what happened here, this Christ had come down off his cross and was wired out in the sun. . .
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What was the title of the Mississippi John Hurt/Lucinda Williams song that Jerry Garcia played with David Grisman on an album they did together : "Angels laid him away" ? Give me rusting metal in a graveyard in the afternoon sun, and I'm getting close to heaven. . .
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1 comment:

Kim said...

Louis Collins is the name of the song, I think:

Ms Collins wept
Ms Collins cried
To hear that her boy, Louis, had died
Angels laid him away

Angels laid him away
Laid him six feet under the clay
Angels laid him away

I learned John Hurt's version from playing a record over and over when I was learning to finger pick in college days. Then somebody gave me a book with the tabliture. I haven't thought of it in years. Thanks for the reference point and the wonderful photos.
-Kim