Frontier Folk

from Religion of Moonlight by Gwion Iqbal Malik

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lyrics

Some on the outskirts, grappled with God.
Frontier folk - fiery as hell!

They said they came to preach gospel.
Words from way back.
Sermons from the gut, you know?
All brimstone. Damnation.

Some reckoned, even Brother Tom feared them preachers.
Wielding The Book like madmen. Hysterical.
Standing on the Mount, like Yeshua.
They said He could preach too.

But this was different.

Even the Culduggans came!
And their boys did all sorts!
Even Billy - Little Will - went scalping.

Ma said, one time he came back with a sack-full.
Wore 'em like war-paint!
Said nothin' for weeks.
Just sat there, staring at them grits.
Smiling.
But some things you jus' know, you know?

Even Missy knew -
And she weren't quite right neither.

Maybe that's why they came.
I mean, we all watched dirt back then. Trying to forget.
Preacher said, its cos we left the world behind, out there!

See, you can bury a man. Leave no trace of nothing, and still you know!

But no Comanche never shot me. No Navaho neither.

See, there was a saying back then. Never do nothing by halves.
Even Billy knew that.

And when we left, everything was either half murdered or half dead.

And no neckerchiff, no buckskin or fancy prairie skirt's gonna change that.
No prayin' neither.

Least, that's what ma said. And she ain't never been wrong.

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from Religion of Moonlight, released December 22, 2021

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Gwion Iqbal Malik Swansea, UK

Gwion Iqbal Malik is Poet In Residence at the Dylan Thomas Birthplace in Swansea, U.K. He is Editor of Frequency House. Influences are Jim Morrison, Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud, Sufi poetry and Nikos Kavvadias. Prefers a cinematic sound / visual. Dystopian sounds combined with spiritual alchemy. His new poetry collection ‘Enter The Ziggurat’(Frequency House, 2021) is available to buy on Amazon. ... more