Noland Mains

from Sincerely, Dorothy by Dear Herman

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Take care of your mother, Son. I swore I’d give her better

Noland worked each day of high-school,
worked the nights his mother cried
When the first light lit the gravestone,
Noland held Evangeline
When our eyes met at the diner,
He was older than the crowd
Noland stuck around for Evie,
He had done his father proud.

Take care of your mother, Son. Take care of your sister, Son
The hard work has just begun, and the day-dreaming’s over
From your work you must never run, bend your back till the day is done
I leave you now at the bottom rung, I swore I’d give her better

We married early in the summer,
a yellow garland in my hair
Evangeline came as the witness,
no other family in the chairs
He held my elbow like an anchor,
his voice the only thing I heard
Now I know that while my heart sang,
he could hear his father’s words

Take care of your mother, Son. Take care of your sister, Son
The hard work has just begun, and the day-dreaming’s over
From your work you must never run, bend your back till the day is done
I leave you now at the bottom rung, I swore I’d give her better

He never left the store.
Forty years and then some more
Tom got mad and ran away
When men are supposed to stay

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from Sincerely, Dorothy, released October 24, 2013

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Dear Herman Lincoln, Nebraska

Dear Herman is Crystal Davy and Melissa Taylor. We are sisters. An autopsy after our deaths will reveal that our backbones are forged with mountain rock. Our hearts' last beat was the oompha of mariachi music. And our tendons are actually quotations from Jane Austen ... more

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