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Walnut Street

from Walnut Street by Julian Cartwright

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They lit a candle on Walnut Street
for gambling, they tell me, a light by which to cheat.
You don’t even have to wait for a lucrative hand.
Don’t have time to make extraordinary plans.
It doesn’t even matter if you haven’t got the money.
That’s why they light the candle every Sunday.
Walking home Monday, early Monday morning,
you know something isn’t right.
The stars fall silver while the planet keeps turning, turning
and rolls down the sidewalk, out of sight.
In the rain I’m spent, when the drops collect
on the crossbeams of the fence.
I look up and tell the light I’m sorry
and the sky shouts back, “You’re in debt.”
They lit a candle on Walnut Street
They sent a phantom out through the gate.
They shut me out at one point.
I stood out front, begging to be let back.
While morning traffic zipped, I pled my case,
I did not have the money to get back.
Inside they decided to sit and wait
despite the grandfather clock.
I ended up begging for cash
down the length of Walnut street,
and eventually got ten bucks.
I went back with the cash
and offered it up, thinking I’d win it back.
“In no time,” I thought, “I’ll easily win the ten bucks back.”
That’s what I thought, standing outside the house,
when my friend opened the door just a crack.
Said he’d be right back.
He burnt my bills to crisp
and told me I’d been a dishonest guest.
He said, “don’t expect to hear from us.”
He told me never to come back to the house.
But right before he kicked me out
he showed me what was hangin’ out of his cuff.
Right before he kicked me out
I got a look at what was hangin’ out his cuff.
Greenbacks.

On Walnut Street.

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from Walnut Street, released August 21, 2015

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Julian Cartwright is a songwriter, instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in the Philadelphia area. Instagram @julian.cartwright.songs

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