Letter In Icelandic From The Ninette SanCifra de Teclado

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You'll recall from the sagas I hope Grettir's last stand at Drangey 
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How his grip on the sword made his enemies cut off his hand 
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If he'd fled here instead, and had tasted this terrible coffee 
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Or read these letters you sent he'd surrender 
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and lay the blade down 

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And it's Hall - o - ween 
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Skinny ghosts dress like cowboys and rest 
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at the railing by my door 
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On their way from the children's ward 
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Bev Monroe and his Pembina Valley boys play at the party 
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And I practice my English on nurses, 'Oh, that's a nice name.' 
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And they may ask for mine, but the burns on my back from the x-rays 
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Say I shouldn't show anyone anything ever again 

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In another year 
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I'll be buried or shivering here. 
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Coughing at the grey spittoon 
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Painted orange by the harvest moon 

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Pack up mother's clothes 
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Drive her down to the new Betel Home 
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Sell the boat to Arnison 

And then go... 


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stand up straight in the place you're longing for 
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And don't write to me anymore