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Washington

by Ortega Fuerte

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I dreamed I was walking through a dense forest at night, by a river, telling ghost stories by torchlight to a young George Washington, who had somehow materialized in our time...Woke up and wrote this down.

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Washington, Washington, bend your light near--
You're just a child in a garden of fear.
Washington, Washington, let me propose: night birds are coming to snip off your nose.
Let's compare: what did you find in the Delaware? And do you mind if we wander there, hung in the smoke of your day? Wither away...
Washington, Washington, lest we forget, you haven't taken the best of me yet.
Washington, Washington, shackle and chain--I'm not the reason you chose to remain.
Liberty,
Wrought from the forests of royalty,
Held and preserved in your memory.
But now you're a boy in my care--
Vanish in air.

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released February 22, 2015

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Ortega Fuerte Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ortega Fuerte are a group of songwriters and multi-instrumentalists founded in 2003 by core member Hugo Grayling and often including the contributions of Air Anchor's Chris Rohlf.

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