Bird’s Nest In Your Hair

October 12, 2007 by Quin Finnegan at 11:10 pm

A Novel

Dramatis Personae, by no means complete.

Diana   tends bar.
Pete    tells jokes.
Bill   tags along.
Brian   hides in his room.
Jeb   writes poetry.
Jim   married Sarah.
Sarah   married Jim.
Susan   goes to church.
Keith   is a true believer.
Father Adamawicz  listens well.
Dr Cervantes  ponders.
Julie   is young and restless.
Tom   manages a video store.
Helen   is very wealthy.
Doug   lords land.
Tweezer   likes to be helpful.
Elizabeth    seems absent.
Allen   frets too much.
Prof Callahan  teaches Greek.
Li’l Paul   masturbates.
Roger   makes movies.
Pebble    lifts weights.

Here comes Satan, prince of the power of the air,
He’s gonna make you a law unto yourself,
Gonna build a bird’s nest in your hair.
He’s gonna deaden your conscience,
Til you worship the work of your own hands,
You’ll be serving strangers in a strange, forsaken land.
~ Trouble in Mind, by Bob Dylan

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