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She Has a Mortgage on My Body and a Lien on My Soul

from Into Light: The Poems of M. D. Friedman by Mad Dog Friedman

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She Has a Mortgage on My Body and a Lien on My Soul
inspired by a blues song by Robert Johnson

Driving too far too fast to see her again.
No one else will do.
She touches me with subtle delight,
like how the lake scatters
the sunlight raining down
after a storm.

I am taken by how much I need this.
I have come so far to get here again
with this woman I have wanted since
that Poco concert, when she surprised me
from behind and circled me within her arms
beneath the stars spinning like whirling diamonds.

It comes back to this,
more than thirty years later,
this rebellion against caring,
this reaching for closeness and then running
from the love I need,
this fear of having what I’ve always wanted.

I am addicted.
I will steal from whatever
life I’ve made for myself
for yet another fix of her.
I need her more,
the more we are together.

Sweat beads up upon my sweat.
I tremble at the painful thought
of losing her again.
I will never let her go.
She has a mortgage on my body,
a lien on my soul.

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from Into Light: The Poems of M. D. Friedman, released January 1, 2024

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Mad Dog Friedman | Mad Dog Blues | Peddlers of Joy Lafayette, Colorado

Mad Dog writes from the moment and sings from his heart. His influences include sources as divergent as William Butler Yeats & the delta blues. His songwriting is sincere, simple & often humorous. He has recorded many solo & collaborative projects featuring his spontaneous compositions on harmonica, Native American flute & Theremin. He is also the founder of Mad Dog Blues & The Astral Project. ... more

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