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Kudzu

I sat down on the porch to
wait patiently for the comet and
began thinking of all the time I’d spent
waiting for one thing or another,
a chain of minutes that could stretch from
my ass to the comet’s tail

I smelled the sweet aroma of the kudzu blooms,
which like the vine, was everywhere
in the river town where I live.
Kudzu grows up to a foot a day
in the summertime and through
all the days and nights of my youth
I grew to hate its presence.
It clung to the ground and
snaked its way across our yard,
climbing trees and falling again,
strangling every dream in sight as it
twisted toward the house my father built.

Normally, even the thought of kudzu
throws me into a rage, but
at this moment
on this particular night,
I finally noticed how soft and gentle it smelled.
I shut my eyes tighter to better savor the scent,
a blanket that covered me like the stars themselves.

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from Make Me Believe, released January 1, 1999
K.K. Falkner - vocals
Doug Hoekstra - recitation, acoustic & electric guitars, piano
Pat Meusel - bass
Chris Minnis - percussion, noise

Engineered by Cliff Goldmacher, Walk-in Studio, Nashville TN

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Doug Hoekstra Nashville, Tennessee

Doug Hoekstra’s singular musical persona sets sympathetic narratives against understated vocals, memorable melodies, and subtle but unexpected arrangement turns. His albums have earned Nashville Music Award and Independent Music Award nominations, a bevy of top 10 list appearances, and a reputation as a “songwriter’s songwriter” (CMJ Music Monthly). "The Day Deserved" due out Spring 2021 ... more

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