Arbor Day

from How We've Changed by Andy Ulseth

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Oh Irony,
Sat aside the parkway in our dungarees,
With rolled up sleeves
The soggy leaves,
Collect upon the walkways and sidestreets

On Arbor Day,
Moss upon the dewey arch in full display
The cracks were made
From slow decay
The features on the facing have all come to fade
To fade

Oh Mystery,
We you carved this way?
Oh Figurine,
Cut from the wood of an evergreen tree

Bugle Call,
Light our cigarettes at the retaining wall
The bathroom stall,
The marquee crawl,
Reminds us not to let life get a way

On Lowry Hill,
Looked upon the wet ground
From your window sill,
The air was still,
And how fulfilled,
You felt about the fog that fell around

Oh Mystery,
Were you carved this way?
Oh Figurine,
Cut from the wood of an evergreen tree

Oh Mystery,
Were you carved this way?
Oh Figurine,
Cut from the wood of an evergreen tree

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from How We've Changed, released June 24, 2022

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Andy Ulseth Minneapolis, Minnesota

Andy Ulseth is a craftsman songwriter from Minnesota. A state known for brutal winters, and liberal politics. His folk songs highlight the vivid and visceral minutiae of the modern world rather than focus on the past. What does it mean to be a millennial? Why does life happen all at once? How have we changed? Every melody is important, and words matter. ... more

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