Blue Lullaby

Goodnight, baby
Coyotes are just throwing us confetti
Your sister mountains juniper forest
Even the ocean, well she can't ignore us

Goodnight, mama
Please say a prayer for Omaha
Where the corn bows before a sad river
And the cicadas sound like radiators

Goodnight, lover
Won’t you throw on an extra cover
Please find joy and heat of course
I promise not to begrudge the source

Goodnight, Sara
We gallop in dream together
So go to sleep now, close your eyes
Don’t listen to blue lullabies